Noctua to sell Carbice carbon nanotube CPU thermal pads

Noctua has announced a long-term partnership with Carbice, a U.S.-based expert in vertically-aligned carbon nanotube thermal interface materials. Revealed at Computex, Noctua will be the exclusive retail distributor of Carbice's carbon nanotube thermal pads. A dedicated cooling pad for AMD Ryzen processors, the NT-CP1 AM5/4, will be the first Carbice product available to buy from September 2026, and Noctua will also collaborate with Carbice on future product development.

Carbice offers a pad described as "mess-free, maintenance-free" as an alternative to thermal paste, and Carbice's ice pad will be bundled with the soon to be re-launched Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Noctua CEO Roland Mossig said, "Carbice’s unique, innovative TIM technology has already proven to be a game changer in applications that demand ultimate reliability such as satellites, aerospace or critical infrastructure.

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