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All Ears wrote:
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All Ears wrote:


To start with, I would say that it is pretty much proven that many
microprocessors will operate faster after some hundred hours of burn-in.

Proven? Care to provide reference to a technical paper? If chips run
faster after burn-in, wouldn't you expect the semiconductor companies to
research this phenomenon to try to take advantage of it? Has anyone
heard from Intel or AMD about CPU burn-in?

Here are some references

For additional reading regarding hot electron effects in PMOS, I suggest:

Y.-H. Lee, et al., "Channel-Width Dependent Hot-Carrier Degradation of
Thin-Gate pMOSFETs,"
IRPS, 2000, pp. 77-82.

J. Chen, K. Ishimaru, and C. Hu, "Enhanced hot-carrier induced degradation
in shallow trench isolated narrow channel pMOSFET's,"
IEEE Electron Device Lett., vol. EDL-19, 1998, pp. 332-334.

G. Rosa, et al., "NBTI - channel hot carrier effects in pMOSFETs in advanced
CMOS technologies,"
IEEE/IRPS, 1997, pp. 282-286.

K. Quader, P.K. Ko, and C. Hu, "Simulation of CMOS circuit degradation due
to hot-carrier effects,"
IRPS, 1992, pp. 16-23.

M. Koyanagi, et al., "Hot-carrier induced punchthrough (HEIP) effect in
submicrometer pMOSFETs,"
IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. ED-34, 1987, pp. 839-844

WOW! Look at that, real references MEASURING REAL EFFECTS!
Totally unlike the claims of wire breaking and the like. TOTALLY
unlike the claims of hi-fi salespersons, magazine wonks and the
general high end audio, where wild-ass unsupported claims of
extraordinary and often contradictory effects are made, with NO
documentation, NO supporting evidence, NO credible explanations.

Mr. All Ears, you provided exactly the sort of evidence that
completely refutes your position.

WHere, precisely, is work at a similar level supporting the
notion, say, of wire break-in effects? Please cite for us the
articles from the relevant IEEE, IRPS, AES, ASA, ASP and other
journals that support your and other's assertions of the effects
you claim. Where are they? Please, we all await them. WHy are
you denying us a list of such studies of the effects of breaking
in audio equipment, the effects of green ink on CD players, of
wooden pucks, magic bricks, water-filled speaker cables and
more.

(Now, whether the articles mr All Ears cites have ANY relevance
to his claims or whether he even understands them is another,
possibly irrelevant issue)

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