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A lot of people don't realize how fragile semiconductors are with regards to reliability. It takes a TON of work to get a virgin part ready for "production." T
by proee 8y ago
A lot of people don't realize how fragile semiconductors are with regards to reliability. It takes a TON of work to get a virgin part ready for "production." There's huge pressure to get it out the door and it goes out working "just enough." Semiconductors parts are held together by tons of "bubble gum and bailing wire" hacks to keep them operational over wide temperature swings.
- kingosticks 8y agoI'd just add that you get what you pay for. There's no bubble gum hacks keeping your ISPs networking gear forwarding packets when their air con fails and the inlet temperature hits 50C. Or when it goes the other way (to a lesser degree).That's the higher spec they are engineered to meet.