>
> On Aug 25, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>
> Russell McMahon wrote:
>
>> I had a major hardware bug in a Zilog  processor that was easily
>> replicated and demonstrated and which violated spec sheet claims in a
>> crucial and fatal manner but they basically refused to acknowledge  
>> the
>> bug existed.
>
> Is there any micro manufacturer that would reliably and within a  
> reasonable
> (at least defined) timeframe fix the chip -- and not just issue an  
> errata
> sheet?
>
> Gerhard

About 30 years ago I was working with an Intel 8251 and my co-worker and
i discovered a bug having to do with resetting the chip.  Intel acted  
as though
we did not exist, although in their next datasheet our workaround was  
included
almost word for word as we had submitted it to Intel.
Cedric
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