22 Jul
2007
22 Jul
'07
5:03 p.m.
davis wrote:
I just read an recent article in eetimes that the
target life of new ICs
is 10 years. This is due to metal migration and other (i can't remember
) effects that sub-micron processes exhibit.
Forget ten; apparently one well-known chip manufacturer quoted three years at
us the other week for their latest generation of devices. I believe that's
three years whether the thing's on or not too - natural decay of the IC, not
something brought about by it being powered.
because everything built today will be land-fill in 10
years.
Wonderful, isn't it? And people wonder why I don't like modern technology...