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Intel's Atom C2000 chips are bricking products – and it's not just Cisco hit

Lennart Sorensen

Not rebooting is not good enough. The clock signal is used for quite a few things inside the CPU.

Having the system sleep when not working will reduce wear on the clock and make it last longer. Makes sense that things that are off last longer than things that are on. :)

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