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Subject: Re: Uh Oh ... Newest Nvidia Chips OVERHEAT
Date: 27 Nov 2024 19:16:37 GMT
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:46:12 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Imagine my surprise at encountering 'commercial design' where it was
> sufficient if the thing worked between +10°C and +40°C and the customer
> did the product testing, in terms of returned items.

My youthful idealism took a hit with my engineering statistics course. 
Much time was devoted to how many widgets have to be tested to insure only 
X% are crap, X being determined by the cost of replacing defective widgets 
versus the cost of doing it right.