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Re:Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster by Symmetry on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:37AM (#24176725)
It was reported that the problem was NVidia switching to lead free solder for their chip to motherboard connections but not also switching the potting material to one that had the same thermal expansion coefficient as the new solder.
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Re:Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster by pantalaimon on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:14AM (#24177987)
That was a general problem when the industry switched to lead free solder, see also the Red Ring of Death on the Xbox 360.
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