# The Race to Make Chips That Fix Themselves

An episode of [The Hardware Podcast with Fexingo: Chips, Devices, and Electronics Engineering Conversations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896799982), 9 Jun 2026, 7:50.

Audio: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-hardware-podcast/episode-0040.mp3

Chip defects cost the semiconductor industry billions every year. But a quiet revolution in built-in self-test circuitry is changing the economics of reliability. Lucas explains how chips can now run their own health checks, diagnose faults, and even reconfigure around broken cores — all without external test equipment. Luna pushes back on whether this adds too much complexity. Using examples from modern server processors and automotive microcontrollers, this episode reveals the design trade-offs behind chips that never stop testing themselves. If today's hardware conversation gave you something useful, listener support keeps it ad-free at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. #BuiltInSelfTest #ChipReliability #SemiconductorDesign #FaultTolerance #ChipDefects #YieldImprovement #SelfHealingChips #EmbeddedTesting #AutomotiveChips #ServerProcessors #DesignForTest #Technology #HardwareEngineering #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechPodcast #ChipDesign #ElectronicsEngineering Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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