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While I agree the lack of repair documentation and available spare parts is a concern, Isn't the whole point of integration (at least on a chip/board level) to
by jgibson 8y ago
While I agree the lack of repair documentation and available spare parts is a concern, Isn't the whole point of integration (at least on a chip/board level) to increase reliability?
I'm a mechanical engineer masquerading as a software developer so I could be talking out my ass, but I'm fairly sure that board failure rate is proportional to the amount of discrete components on said board.
- honestoHeminway 8y agoNot always, the soc integration is going for reduced production effort on a total scale. You just produce the chip and thats it- reliability is not always better. Cooling, em-effects and (if you go small enough) electro-drift are allmost always worser on a Soc. http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/10320/etd2087.pdf http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/10320/etd2087.pdf https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1712/1712.05562.pdf https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1712/1712.05562.pdf This might have improved in recent years ( im not really up to date with manufacturing) but seeing the whole direction the industry moved- i doubt it.
- jacquesm 8y agoIt is hardly ever the boards themselves that fail but the connections between them and that is the reason for further integration.