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IC Failures Linked to Resin Series?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hamstrung-hardware dept.

MEW writes "According to this article, 'the semiconductor industry began using red phosphorus as a flame retardant instead of the Br-based compound it had used for years,' due to environmental concerns. By July 2002, 1000 tons of the stuff was used for about a billion chips, when they stopped due to high component failures. In particular Sumitomo Bakelite caused rampant failures in Fujitsu disk drives. There's still a lot of Sumitomo Bakelite out there, and we may see the worst of it soon, as components start to fail prematurely. This was posted by Spaceman on Macintouch who says that the bad material accounts for 'half the world's supply of 'IC Plastics'' and can result in 'sudden or premature end of life.'"

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  1. Showboat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nothing to say ?

  2. Mercatur - drinking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can't believe the hot babe known as Mercatur would resort to drink driving...

    http://www.mercatur.net/pages/guestbook.html

    Is it a cry for help?

    1. Re:Mercatur - drinking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      More like a cry for getting home.

  3. Finally found it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OL' MAN RIVER

    Colored folks work on de Mississippi,
    colored folks work while de white folks play.
    Pullin' dose boats from de dawn to sunset,
    gittin' no rest till de judgment day.
    Don't look up an' don't look down,
    you don't dast make de white boss frown.
    Bend yo' knees an' bow yo' head
    and pull dat rope until yo're dead.
    Let me go way from de Mississippi,
    let me go way from de white men boss.
    Show me dat stream called de river Jordan,
    dat's de ol' stream dat I long to cross.
    01 man river, dat ol' man river,
    he must know sumpin' but don't say nothin',
    he jus keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along.
    He don't plant taters, he don't plant cotton,
    an' dem dat plants 'em is soon forgotten
    but ol' man river, he jus keeps rollin' along.
    You an' me, we sweat an' strain,
    body all achin' an' racked wid pain.
    "Tote dat barge!","Litf dat bale!",
    git a little drunk an' you land in jail.
    Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin',
    ah m tired of livin' an' skeered of dyin',
    but ol' man river, he jus keeps rollin' along.

    - Oscar Hammerstein II

  4. Re:hello! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Up with miniskirts!

  5. Frustration by DarkHelmet · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    'half the world's supply of 'IC Plastics'' and can result in 'sudden or premature end of life.'

    Maybe this is offtopic and morbid... but...

    If only this applied to people and Hollywood... It'd be such a beauty to watch the Grammys or the Emmys only to watch half of Hollywood's plastic-faced cronies drop dead in the middle of the awards.

    Well, maybe not drop dead... but seeing them writhing around on the floor with their hands on their faces as their skin starts bubbling and boiling. It'd be like some sci-fi episode... Like the twilight zone... But the only Twilight Zone because those were good.

    But no! This shit has to happen to hard drives! Only thing that I want *not* to fail end up doing so.

    Doesn't that just suck?

    --
    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
    1. Re:Frustration by troon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You're a loony.

      OTOH, you'd probably appreciate this.

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  6. bwahahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out Eric Raymond's wife!

    Minger!