Hi Bob.

1. Is it wrong understanding that most expensive part of
the small to medium sized chip is the package itself not
the silicon dice ?

2. If the package is the most expensive part in the total cost
of the chip who whould be stupid enough to pack untested silicon,
labeling it and then ship to other facility for "final testing" ?

Maxim PR should hire people with brains not with tongues and
attitude to properly handle such situations. No ifs and buts
and same applies to security in Malasia.


WBR Dmitry.

PS.
Kind of curious how Malasian police have determined that
hijacked truck indeed left Malasia already ? It might very
well be sitting on next door factory for re-labeling to
"certified" Maxim released dates.



Bob Ammerman wrote:
> 
> 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" <mink@luxtron.com>
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> 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
> >
> >
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