> Indeed. Extra heat shortens the life of electronics in many
> ways. But extra current plus extra heat gives a double whammy
> to the metal traces. The result is greatly increased
> electromigration.
The end limit to OC is timing races where the output of an AND operation
is false because both signals were not true longer that the set up time of
the respective gate, just as an example..This happens when you have used up
the design safety margin (if any) that is the short term limit. The long
term limit has allready been well chewed over....WF
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