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Dec 10 3:59 PM EST

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To: pat mudge who wrote (12422)	3/21/1997 12:01:00 PM
From: Robert A. Hawley	of 31386

[CG] Pat - If you are pursuing some CG questions today, you might ask if the Motorola availability dates are for "first silicon" or debugged chips. Generally, when an IC manufacturer pre-announces a chip, the date they give is for the date when the first version of the chip is available ("first silicon"). No matter how good your designers are and how many simulations they have run, there are almost always problems (major and minor) with chips in first silicon. Discovering and addressing these problems can be extremely time consuming. A DMT modem chip is an extremely complex device (I'd guess that it's between 2-3 million transistors), so the chance of fully functional first silicon is probably pretty slim. It may well be that first silicon has already been received and that the new Motorola dates are for debugged chips. It would be interesting to know, but is a very touchy subject with IC vendors, who tend to proclaim that they have "100% first silicon success". Good Luck! Rob

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