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To: semiconeng who wrote (106993)8/4/2000 10:08:32 AM
From: Scumbria   of 186894
 
Semicon,

I am however, familiar with the Wafer Sort, and Final Test area, as well as Burn-In

I am baffled by a methodology where microcode is updated after testing is complete. How can Intel be certain that a part runs at speed, if internal characteristics of the part are altered after test?

Scumbria
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