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wang_li on April 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cosmic rays causing 30k network malfunctions in Ja...

Sun’s UltraSPARC II CPU modules were claimed to be particularly susceptible to cosmic rays circa 2000.

phonon on April 7, 2021 | [–]

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/1113/6613068a.html?sh=28e...

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2584471/q-a--mcnealy-d...

http://www.cedix.de/VorlesMirror/Band1/UnsafeAtAnySpeed.pdf

p_l on April 7, 2021 | [–]

Not so much susceptible as "came with their own radioactive source"

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