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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kash johal who wrote (72022)9/16/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572659
 
Re: "What brilliant and inventive writing!!!

I sometimes get the feeling that these guys are having us on. They can't possibly be this technically illiterate....or can they."

Kash, this is what electromigration does. It damages the metal lines. You can't possibly be this technically illiterate....or can you?

EP



To: kash johal who wrote (72022)9/16/1999 9:25:00 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572659
 
Re: metal grains that make up the wire are physically pushed aside by the electron wind...

The key is to put one of those little umbrellas you get with rum drinks on the CPU. It works best if you stick the umbrella on with heat sink compound. That protects against the "electron wind".

Dan


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