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This is almost a shame. If the memory is well below it's expected life then it seems like a good thing to reduce electronic waste by recycling. It seems like de
by moopling 8y ago
This is almost a shame. If the memory is well below it's expected life then it seems like a good thing to reduce electronic waste by recycling. It seems like detection would only discourage this.
- Hello71 8y agootoh this may actually increase recycling rates, because of reliable indicators of age. like with cars, lots of people probably buy new just because it's easy to tell if something is used and not new, but not whether it is 5% used (like they claim) or actually 50% used.
- pilsetnieks 8y agoOn the other hand, this enables one to reliably grade the recycled chips. For example, you could use grade A for low cost servers, grade B for consumer computers, grade C for phones and tablets, etc. Before this, you'd have no indication of how much a chip has been used and maybe would be more reluctant to reuse it.
- jonknee 8y agoI have a problem buying a product marketed as new and it turns out to be recycled and inferior to new (lower expected life). I have no problem buying something knowing it's recycled and has tradeoffs, since I can buy it in the times the tradeoffs sync with my requirements.
- khedoros1 8y agoIt's a shame if a manufacturer uses recycled parts and sells the device as new, too. I might choose to buy a device marketed as containing some used parts, but I'd like to know what I'm buying.
- matheusmoreira 8y agoIt should discourage it. I don't want to buy new products and have them turn out to be recycled. Obviously, a used/recycled/refurbished product has unpredictable reliability.