Does this suggest that semiconductors need to be fabricated in such a way
as to prevent things like EMPs from knocking our your wearable when it
becomes more then just a gadget you keep with you like a cellular phone?
What means exist to protect semiconductors from RFs and other forms of
radiation? I seem to remember semiconductors on satellites being put in
special cases to protect from outside interference. Seems like other
alternatives might be redundant processors which could detect an error
like in RAID arrays, and redo instructions. Or how about simply detecting
the sudden RF signal and putting the CPU in halt?
I also suspect that the RAM is the culprit here since it uses the smallest
features sizes and uses charges to store the 1/0 rather then in the cpu
where you have more steady state currents. Which would suggest your best
protection may be using CPUs that have higher peak to peak signal voltages
like 5v instead of 2.2v, and large feature sizes like 0.3 or 0.5. Like a
386 or 486.
-Paul
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