@kmicu@mastodon.social@pho4cexa it could be for safety (iirc from https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/videos ) or it could be cost optimization “…the insane price hikes caused by Apple customers’ insatiable demand for iPhones. All 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10 and 100 µF capacitors have gone mental – a five-to-ten times price hike. The solution has been to replace 20 large 10 µF 0805 capacitors with 40 smaller 4.7 µF 0603 capacitors, all in pairs. Yes, really, it significantly lowers the cost of the board.” ― https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/hdmi-review-and-thank-you
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