Does a CPU get weaker over time?

What happens is that the requirements of software increase over time, as software developers take advantage of advances in CPU, memory, and graphics technology. read more

At the time this CPU was introduced, it was a fairly high-end mobile CPU, capable of handling anything that was current at the time. Today, if I start that laptop, it will boot up and can still run Windows 98 and applications contemporary with it in exactly the same way that it did 16 years ago. read more

CPU Semiconductor changes. Breakthrough posted a link to an IEEE article that describes the myriad of ways that semiconductors are affected over time. It is possible therefore that the maximum clock speed the CPU is capable of will decrease over time. read more

I want to know whether processors or RAM become somehow tired, slower or weaker when they get used for a long time. To illustrate, if I buy two identical computers today, and use the first normally for a year, while the second will not be used at all. read more