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Re:Perseverance rover uses same PowerPC chipset found in 199... by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:41PM (#26320338)
> a white-hot parasitic transistor connecting Vcore to ground at low impedance

In plain English: an internal short-circuit.

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Re:Perseverance rover uses same PowerPC chipset found in 199... by zelon88 on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @10:06PM (#26324235)
The rabbit hole was worth it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latch-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-event_upset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening

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