Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Pet_Ant 702 days ago
Why do chis degrade? Is this due to the whiskers I’ve heard about?
1 comments

> Why do chis degrade? Is this due to the whiskers I’ve heard about?

No, tin whiskers are a separate issue, which happens mostly outside the chips. The keyword you're looking for is electromigration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration).