> 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. My guess is that nobody packaged untested silicon, but rather that post-packaging testing wasn't done. I would expect that some small percentage of parts are messed up at the packaging stage, and perhaps this happens in a bursty manner (oops, there was a spot of dust on the lens of the robot vision system that was controlling the wire bonding...) and so a particular batch of a particular component could have problems. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems > > > 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" >> 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 > -- > 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