CPU aging a problem?

"Such degradation might involve variations in supply voltage, temperature changes, or simply aging transistors."

Yeah, we all have a bunch of PCs where CPU has died due the old age in our corners, don't we?

So now when newbies say "my computer's running slower than it used to"...

...they'll actually be telling the truth, and it won't just be their spyware infestation.

this will make Intel a load more money.

Border line chips can be sold at relatively low prices. Of course as the error rate climbs the clock slows down untill it ramps up again (can you say limite cycle oscillation)

But most importantly it retains the ability to charge customers for faster chips. Dumping the clock and going asynchrounous would be such *bad* marketing.

Presumably 1/2 ofthe transistors will continue to be for clock distribution as they are now.

Does anyone else think this sounds a bit desperate? Clever but definitely running full tilt into a brick wall.

Just when the mother board manufacturers

had worked out how to get those gel filled capacitors to melt down two days after the guarantee runs out.

Don't you mean Intel & Friends?

Or even better - Intel's Friends.

Isn't this technique the University of Michigan research in conjunction with Arm Holdings and the 'research CPU' is in fact an ARM ISA (which I guess is why the Reg article doesn't mention the architecture in more detail)?

Since Intel no longer muddies its paws with power-efficient processors, I would be surprised if it would build a research processor based on a competitor architecture it isn't licenced for. So I figure the article needs a retitle - "Intel takes credit for rival's geriatric cpu cure" ( All Your Research R belong to us ) ;-)

-cheers.