Saturday 20 June 2015

Do Computers Die Of Old Age?

Nothing lasts forever, not even electronics. Without moving parts, electronics seem unlikely to wear out. Yet even a standard memory module comprising little more than a capacitor and a transistor can begin to dodder.

Still, system-reliability experts know relatively little about components' life spans in the wild. People usually don't run their computers long enough to find out if they die. Not to mention, manufacturers don't like to publish failure rates from their in-house product tests.

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