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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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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Important smartphone aspect: the battery is degrading with time and stops being able to sustain not only the peak capacity but the current as well. So the CPU can also lower its frequency to match the lower current. And that directly affects the susceptible performance

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