Why are CPU pins so fragile and why haven’t they been designed to make the pins hard to deform?
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For your computer to run the way you like you need lots of connections as close together as you can get them.
The reason cpu pins are so fragile is because the cheapest and easiest way to make these connections is to pull metal really thin to make the circuit, the metals that work the best for conducting are also fairly soft. So a very thin strand of soft metal will be easy to damage.
The reason we haven’t poured money into research into making stronger pins is the same reason we don’t pour money into research into fixes for things that are working well enough as is. Usually a need needs to be present to push for research.
Would you rather buy a 4.6ghz 8 core for $175, but you have to be very careful when you go through all the effort to take it out, or 4.6ghz 8 core, for $350, but you can drop it short distances? (Less than 3 inches)
So far we have made it easier to be careful with the sockets and CPUs, but none advise you drop them even an inch
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