They did say "up to" 30%. It is within the realm of reason to expect that perhaps out of the truck load of parts that there are a couple of lots that are really bad. In other words, the truck could have 99.99% good parts, but perhaps the lot of MAXnnnn chips just had a _very_ bad day. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Minkler" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [EE]:Maxim truck hijacked > I'm sure it's a real problem for them. If the number is too low, there's > little hazard to the 'dark gray market' buyer. If it's too high, their > insurance company won't pay off as well. If it has too many decimal > places in it, they'll get laughed out of all the circles of serious > statisticians (and anybody else who is paying attention). Frankly, I > think they called it too high for believability. > > Dave > > Peter wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, 24 May 2005, Hulatt, Jon wrote: >> >>> If maxim have a failure rate of 30% of chips that are fully manufactured >>> then i'd say they need to get a better foundry. >> >> >> Or a better pr person who would have said 35.8% for 1.5% more >> credibility. >> >> Peter > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist