Heat sinks – like this one from Okat – use basic physics: thanks to conductive materials such as aluminum and copper, they absorb waste heat and release it into the air. Installing a heatsink ...

We’d bet it’s not very efficient compared to an aluminum or copper heat sink, but it normally would have no help in shedding those extra degrees.

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The familiar stacked-wafer shape of heat sinks is designed to conduct heat away from sensitive areas and dissipate it where it won't cause trouble, but the team says they typically can't remove ...

Fortunately, the PC board was “wide open,” so I grabbed a handy, large heat sink (similar to the one in the photo, below), and was about to put a thermal pad on the IC, then place the heat sink on top ...

Graphene is an excellent material for a heat sink because it has ten times more thermal conductivity than copper. The iPhone has no fan, so heat has to be dissipated through the device frame into ...