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Seems like a very light and theoretical article. I remember reading papers produced by IBM and HP where they analyzed chip failures - and they were much more sp
by MrTonyD 8y ago
Seems like a very light and theoretical article. I remember reading papers produced by IBM and HP where they analyzed chip failures - and they were much more specific in terms of both deep analysis and proximate cause (heat being essentially the overwhelming proximate cause.)
- BostonEnginerd 8y agoDo you have any references that you can share?
- kev009 8y agoWilhelm G. Spruth's "The Design of a Microprocessor" has some interesting material on the entire lifecycle of a design to ship of a chip including failure analysis. I have some newer books in my library on this kind of thing as well that I'd have to go re-familiarize myself with but that one is striking in that it is first hand knowledge of a crown jewels kind of project and not academic or the accounts of an outsider.
- Ice_cream_suit 8y agoThank you. It seems like a great read! I have obtained the pdf.
- MrTonyD 8y agoI used to read a lot of different hardware journals back when I worked for a semiconductor manufacturer (including lots of unpublished analysis from our big customers). I don't remember any of them anymore.