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Not saying you're speeding FUD, but do you have any sources discussing CPUs (or GPUs) lasting only a few years? In my experience, desktop, server, and mobile CP
by seanp2k2 10y ago
Not saying you're speeding FUD, but do you have any sources discussing CPUs (or GPUs) lasting only a few years? In my experience, desktop, server, and mobile CPUs work fine after 10 years, and I'd expect the same of current tech.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoNo FUD, just physics. The parent comment mentioned electromigration[1]. From the Wikipedia article: Electromigration is the transport of material caused by the gradual movement of the ions in a conductor due to the momentum transfer between conducting electrons and diffusing metal atoms. The effect is important in applications where high direct current densities are used, such as in microelectronics and related structures. As the structure size in electronics such as integrated circuits (ICs) decreases, the practical significance of this effect increases. It remains to be seen how long modern CPUs (ICs in general) last. My i5 laptop is still running at 3 years, so there's that. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration