On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jinx wrote:

> Sorry to be pedantic now that the original question has been answered, but
> having trouble understanding "doesn't necessarily fail".
>
> "doesn't necessarily" implies that there is some flexibility with regard
> to the consigning of parts to the -04 grade.
>
> Is there not an absolute limit to exclude parts ? I realise that guaranteed
> perfomance is important (perhaps my example of 9.5/10 was not a good
> one) but a part that meets -10 specs should be a -10 part. What reason
> would there be to reject it ?

Since there's a price difference, there will be a difference in demand.
This means you, as a manufacturer, only need X number of 10MHz parts. Once
you've tested and verified X (or even 2X) you just don't need any more.
If 100% of your stock meets 10MHz specs, and you make them all -10 parts,
then there's a shortage of -04 parts.

Dale
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