Since the invention of the integrated circuit, reliability has been defined by how long a chip continues to work. It either turned on and did what it was designed to do, or it didn’t. But that ...

“You know, brain surgery’s not difficult if you don’t care whether the person dies, it’s actually quite easy. Flying a plane is quite easy if you don’t mind crashing. That’s what hard means. It’s an ...

You know how it is … you learned all this detail about electronics back in college and yes, you understood it then, but unless you’re using it day in and day out, that knowledge can fade and casual ...

Illustration by Florafauna More than 63,000 PCWorld readers responded to our online and print advertisements or email messages, and volunteered to participate in our survey. With the help of ...