Bear in mind that a lot of current heatsinks has a slighty convex bottom. Couple that with the contact pressures these days and you'd probably crack the die unless the HS is lapped.
(On the subject of lapping - there is such a thing as "too smooth". Those mirror-like surfaces you often see...
vs just using the bus for power:
http://www.ddrdrive.com/
This is NOT an iRam competitor, any more than a Lamborghini Diablo is a competitor to a Toyota MR2.
(IE, they're both non-volatile ramdrives, after that the comparisons stop)
the DDRdrive is going up against STEC's ZeusRAM 8Gb units...
Ram is volatile. This is not (assuming the battery is charged)
A perfect use case is ZFS ZIL. Under "normal" circumstances it's only required to be non-volatile over reboots/a few hours, but it makes a HUGE difference to write performance
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