The story of solder, the unsung hero of the digital revolution
https://tedium.co/2018/01/25/soldering-technology-history/ [tedium.co]
2018-02-01 09:54
Sure, we might talk about the chips inside of that machine, or the processing power, but rarely do we think about the connective tissue holding many of the circuits onto the silicon. That tissue is solder, the meltable filler metal that has existed in one form or another for more than 4,000 years—long before electronics even existed as a modern context.