Sony's Thermal Sheet Good As Paste For CPU Cooling

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has demonstrated a thermal sheet that it claims matches thermal paste in terms of cooling ability while beating it on life span. The key to the sheet is a combination of silicon and carbon fibers, to produce a thermal conductive layer that's between 0.3 and 2mm thick. In the demonstration, the same CPU was cooled by thermal paste and the thermal sheet side-by-side, with the paste keeping the processor at a steady 53 degrees Celsius. The sheet achieved a slightly better 50 degrees Celsius. The actual CPU used in the demonstration wasn't identified. Sony wants to get the thermal sheet used in servers and for projection units, but I can definitely see this being an option for typical PC builds, too. It's certainly going to be less messy and probably a lot cheaper than buying a tube of thermal paste."

not to mention

[MickyTheIdiot]

..it puts a rootkit on your machine, too.

And the third sign of the apoclypse was unsealed..

[firewrought]

and "Behold!" cried the archangel, "Sony has done something cool. Tremble with fear all ye nations...."

Re:Cheaper? Nope, this is Sony we're talking about

[jgtg32a]

I don't know about the rest of you but I have to buy a new tube every time I have a new CPU, the old tube always disappears.

Re:thermal paste?

[Anonymous Coward]

No it doesn't work. During a hot day I tried applying this "thermal paste" over my whole body hoping to benefit from its "cooling ability", and I didn't feel any cooler. I will give the thermal sheet a try. It sounds way more convenient.

Re:Meh

[sl4shd0rk]

How is this news?

Sony article that doesn't contain the words "Leak", "Compromised", "Stolen" or "Litigation".

Re:Meh

[gman003]

At least not until the comments started.

Re:And the third sign of the apoclypse was unseale

[SJHillman]

So you're saying it's less of a thermal sheet and more of a thermal hospital gown?

Re:not to mention

[Anonymous Coward]

Sony: Putting sheet in your computer since 2005!