One effect of eliminating lead is reducing the occurence of soft errors due to alpha particle emission. As the chips scale, the probability that an alpha particle (emitted from radioactive lead isotopes) generates a soft error increases. Is this Intel's way of promoting a positive side effect of a change they would be forced to make anyway?
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One effect of eliminating lead is reducing the occurence of soft errors due to alpha particle emission. As the chips scale, the probability that an alpha particle (emitted from radioactive lead isotopes) generates a soft error increases. Is this Intel's way of promoting a positive side effect of a change they would be forced to make anyway?