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He says the packaging was radioactive, but (I assume) it would have been discarded at the factory during assembly. So where did the particles come from at runt
by matheweis 11y ago
He says the packaging was radioactive, but (I assume) it would have been discarded at the factory during assembly.
So where did the particles come from at runtime?
- tveita 11y ago"Packaging" in the context of integrated circuits usually refers to the case of the chip - the little black ceramic or plastic square with pins to connect the chip to the rest of the circuit.
- theandrewbailey 11y agoThe CPU packaging is the material that the literal silicon is mounted on and sealed with. The CPU pins go through it. Sometimes there is a metal heat spreader attached to it. It's not the plastic wrap and box product packaging. Wikipedia has some good photos of the UltraSPARC II CPU packaging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraSPARC_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraSPARC_II