Sounds similar to the Intel Atom C2000 failures, where one of the metal layers responsible for a clock signal would fail after a few years leading to permanent

Sounds similar to the Intel Atom C2000 failures, where one of the metal layers responsible for a clock signal would fail after a few years leading to permanent failure. Intel ran a replacement programme for those (https://www.anandtech.com/show/11110/semi-critical-intel-atom-c2000-flaw-discovered https://www.anandtech.com/show/11110/semi-critical-intel-ato... https://www.theregister.com/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/ https://www.theregister.com/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_t...)