eli5: If modern computers and smartphones etc have no moving parts, then what causes their performance to steadily deteriorate as they age?
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Processors are made up of electrical components called transistors. While they are not “moving parts,” they do experience wear. There are several ways that transistors wear down over time as they are used just like a moving part would. Metal components will actually “drift” over time from being hit by electrons.
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