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AMD Graphics Chips Could Last 10X To 100X Longer

Posted by kdawson on from the bumping-the-solder dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a research report out of UCLA, released this morning, NVidia's high-lead bump packaging could last anywhere from 1/10th to 1/100th as long as AMD's advanced eutectic bump approach. (TG Daily has picked up the claim.) NVidia is currently in the midst of a $200M recall of bad GPUs, and the report suggests that the issue could be much deeper than NVidia's PR department would have us believe." The report lends credence to the strident claims of the Inquirer's Charlie Demerjian, which we discussed a month back.

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  1. Sweet! by blueturffan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm all for longer life chips, but what are Grahiphics ?

    1. Re:Sweet! by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know, but they sound terhiphic.

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    2. Re:Sweet! by josteos · · Score: 4, Funny

      Watching grammar nazis making fun of innocent mistakes just makes me sickick!

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    3. Re:Sweet! by atari2600 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Tooshay, my deer frend.

    4. Re:Sweet! by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What I can't believe is that a companies PR department would knowingly release false or misleading information in an effort to keep their stock price up.

      It's unheard of.

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  2. Grahiphics :O by atari2600 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to Google for that word but then I realized that kdawson was involved.

  3. Re:More data please! by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 3, Funny

    Solder? More like Duct Tape or it ain't worth saving.

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  4. It's obvious by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 3, Funny

    From TFA:

    "£GDl/h' = 13.5/10. Clearly the strain in the eutectic SnPb layer (in the composite solder joint) is about one order of magnitude higher than that in the homogeneous eutectic SnPb solder joint."

    What fucking dipshits! I can't believe those morons at NVidia didn't realize this. Any judge is going to take one look at this in a class-action lawsuit, and NVidia is HISTORY, man!

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  5. Re:Old by Babbster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their writers intimately know people in the industry - from the people up top to the people at the factory floor.

    Isn't screwing one's sources against the journalistic ethic?

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  6. Not Good News! by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I'll have to seriously consider switching to unleaded.

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