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Re: Question about CPUs. (Warning: A stupid one)
« on: July 19, 2007, 01:34:37 AM »
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coldfish wrote:
I remember reading a piece about "proton drift" or something like that, talking about how the electron flow can actually move protons over time.  Its becoming more of a problem as dies shrink further i believe.

Now, where's that link?


I think you mean Electromigration, which happens when you over current a circuit... older CMOS CPU's seem to suffer from this effect.

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration