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To: whortso who wrote (66565)	12/29/2001 1:04:54 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Elmer, I have heard that Intel doesn't do any testing of the functions of a chip. They do something called testing the structures or structure testing, something like that. How can you test a device without testing how it functions? Oh my! You sure you want me to get into this? This is one of the most highly debated topics there is in semiconductor testing. Functional vrs Structural testing. I teach classes on both and it's far too complicated to waste bandwidth on this thread. Nobody here has even heard these terms. Too bad Scumbria is gone. He'd at least know what the terms meant. The ultra extreme condensed readers digest version would be this, you don't have to add 2+2 and get 4 to prove the device works correctly. If the you can more easily show the gates that do the addition are defect free then you have accomplished the same thing. Maybe you should ask Dan? It would be fun to see what kind of bulls*it he'd make up to explain it. EP

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