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Old 03-24-2021, 10:01 AM   #27 (permalink)
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From what I understand, silicon dies used in computation control equipment can run up to 140f on the die but they go into thermal shutdown. The same for power silicon, only it gets there much faster. I also understand the junctions fail because of dissimilar material expansion basically flex fatigue