I've thought of this so many times, and never found a reasonable explanation. But seing as heatspreaders seem to be on their way back for AMD again with A64, and Intel too, my curiosity kills me.
Why don't the chip producers make those heatspreaders in copper? For heat spreading its a far superior material.
The only reasonable explanation I can find is that copper might be too soft when fairly thin... but apart from that I find it ridiculous that they use aluminium.
Cheers, Flix
Why don't the chip producers make those heatspreaders in copper? For heat spreading its a far superior material.
The only reasonable explanation I can find is that copper might be too soft when fairly thin... but apart from that I find it ridiculous that they use aluminium.
Cheers, Flix