Re: Are chips ... electronics dies & releaas "magic smoke"??

On 6/22/2026 1:53 PM, Paul wrote:
> 
> If you've seen the smoke from failed chip(s), it's not exactly
> like other smoke. If two bus drivers (from the days of jelly bean chips)
> are accidentally enabled at the same time, enough power is dissipated to crack at
> least one of the two packages open, the die inside is piping-hot,
> and a thin stream of black smoke emerges.
> 
> And that counts as the magic smoke. Once the smoke escapes, the
> life cycle is complete. Into the waste bin they go :-)
> 
> And it is magic smoke, because the visual appearance of
> the smoke, is different than how other materials smoke and burn.
That's not magic smoke, just a burnt fuse made from special metal 
composites.

I do NOT wanna waste time & money doing burn/fry/sacred test on 
different chips. :)

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