Back to Boyd Blog What is Brazing? Brazing is the process of melting a metal between two other pieces of metal in order to join them. Common metals for this process in the thermal management world include copper and copper based alloys, aluminum-...

Back to Boyd Blog Skived Fin Heat Sinks: Singular Piece Solutions Many heat sink designs consist of separate fins and base and are assembled together using an adhesive process to bond the two together. These heat sink assemblies have an added the...

Back to Boyd Blog Extruded heat sinks are one of the most popular types of heat sinks. They're easy to make in bulk, economical, and have fewer secondary operations before a final product than other heat sink technologies. That's why the extrusion...

Back to Boyd Blog In an earlier blog post, we discuss the importance of user product acceptance. We examined another gaming laptop product review that focused heavily on the thermal management solution and its shortcomings. The high performance la...

Back to Boyd Blog The Cost of Not Considering Thermal Design in More Ways Than One All too often, thermal management is considered too late, if at all, in the design process. In the effort to help make you the thermal expert in your office, the A...