Planned Obsolescence is your fault

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(12-31-2018 11:49 PM)pier4r Wrote:  CPUs/integrated circuits are simply immortal. Yes PCBs may fail, but I rarely saw a CPU - used within the designed specifications, no overclocking - dying.

Well, what do you think dies in LED bulbs? The LED itself still works in my dead and replaced lamps, it's the controller IC that burns to char. (I've removed the LED from the PCB and tested them).
If you've never seen CPU's failing, it's a pity I did not take pictures of my unoverclocked Fujitsu-Siemens PC CPU. It failed; it even had a hole in it.. My Samsung 9 series laptop CPU died just short of three years usage. So there's that. (Bonus question, which TV series is that last quote from?)