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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 127.43-1.4%Dec 29 3:59 PM EST
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To: Ali Chen who wrote (175234)10/16/2005 8:42:22 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
When you have a silicon, you usually run it on a specialy-designed boards, with all bells and whistles to verify all specified functionality, special (usually non-disclosed to public) test modes,

The Dell tests are done on the motherboards which are the first release of the motherboards given to them by Intel, or their own first release on some internally designed models. Other than being beta boards they are in noway "special". A few un-public registers are used to test areas such as cache memory but nearly all the CPU tests are fairly generic so that changes from one model to another consist of address definitions or slight subclasses of the generic test case.

The voltage levels are those specified by Intel. The periferals are those that will be sold with the system. The drivers come from the peripheral manufactuer who get's the WHQL certification There is extensive testing of programs that the largest customers will likely buy and the results are reported back to Intel.

I know this because I spent 5 years writing tests for Dell motherboards and knew all other departments that tested anything. (Dell's R&D is mostly spent on the case and the web site). The R&D testing is mainly for RF interference and noise levels. I know what to compare it to because I spent 3 years in AMD's silicon validation labs and know of these special boards and voltage threshold tests and burn-in racks too. They just aren't the kind of things that Dell does.

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