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There are things such as electromigration that mean that solid-state stuff can wear out. (Electrons are being pushed around by electric fields higher than 1 MV
by B1FF_PSUVM 11y ago
There are things such as electromigration that mean that solid-state stuff can wear out.
(Electrons are being pushed around by electric fields higher than 1 MV/m, and do smash into things ...)
I'm not complaining about my seven year old machines, but I'm not too sanguine about the current crop lasting as long ...
- timthorn 11y agoIndeed - and smaller feature sizes increase that risk.
- kjs3 11y agoElectromigration is a thing, but if you're applying your design rules correctly, it's one you worry about over decades, not months or years. I've had 30 year old ROMs/PROMs fail due to electromigration (presumedly, I didn't decap them and look), but never a CPU.