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