Check-Engine Light? How about a "Check Electronics Light?"
Israel-based proteanTecs has developed a way to monitor a chip’s health, report on its degradation and predict its ultimate failure — from within the silicon.
What does a glowing orange check engine light (CEL) signal for you? A mental note to call your car-nut pal? Immediate dealer pit stop? Without a sophisticated scan tool, nobody can really know for sure what this anxiety inducing dashboard warning light means, but one thing’s for sure — the odds are growing ever stronger that the problem will be electronic in nature. Now Israeli firm proteanTecs has devised a means for silicon chips to report on themselves, signaling what’s wrong and what needs to be done to fix it …
https://www.motortrend.com/news/proteantecs-computer-chip-monitoring-and-failure-prediction-cel
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