On Tue, 24 May 2005, David Minkler wrote:

> 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.

Maybe they know that the thieves do not work to ISO9000 standards and do 
not employ static control measures while handling the stuff ;-) Anyway 
30% is too round a number to announce for anything hi-tech. Surely they 
can count to more decimals than that.

Peter

>> 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
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