It's hard to talk about a networking, telecom, or wireless box architecture today without mentioning reliability. With traditional telecommunication operators once again taking the point in the ...

What are the key factors in optimizing mean time between failure (MTBF)? Developing the best strategy for MTBF. What to look for in MTBF test studies. For designers of engineered electronics powering ...

Novacap’s multilayer ceramic chip capacitors, which feature layers of palladium and silver, are designed to withstand thermal stress during assembly. Altering the layout of a printed circuit board ...

Mean time between failures (MTBF) may be one of the more familiar terms seen in datasheets, yet there is still a widespread misunderstanding of the term and its application. Consequently, some ...

Backblaze is a backup and cloud storage company that has been tracking the annualized failure rates (AFRs) of the hard drives in its datacenter since 2013. As you can imagine, that’s netted the firm a ...