Just out of curiosity:<BR><BR>Is there any kind of solder that can SAFELY be used on a CPU die, that's also got good thermal conductivity?<BR><BR>I was wondering about the feasibility of directly ...

Ever since Intel switched away from using solder to a thermal interface material on its desktop CPUs, enthusiasts have been asking the company to reverse that decision -- and occasionally cracking the ...

GamersNexus digs deep into enthusiast PC hardware, so we spend some time talking to Steve about his extensive adventures overclocking Intel’s new Core i7-8086K processor, which has no problem hitting ...

AMD will continue to use solder in the Ryzen 3000 series of desktop CPUs to connect the different dies to the main heat spreader. That will probably not come as much of a surprise to regular readers, ...