Resistor reliability---whose responsibility?: some case histories

Component reliability is a subject that has had the attention, in whole or in part, of almost every electronics symposium or conference the last few years. The failure rate of equipment, claimed to be caused by component failure, warranted this attention. As a result the cry has been for better and better components. This is good. Components should be and are being constantly improved, just as computers and other electronic gear should be constantly improved.