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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (43751)12/21/1998 8:30:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (2) of 1574030
 
Re: "In the same way if it can be shown that the same CPU from the same process is packaged differently and sold at a different price then the lawyers will enter into a feeding frenzy as the precedents are established. So if you have a P-II 350 and a 400 and you analyze them and find that they are the same dice from the same fab and that they run at the same max speed........could be a problem. "

I don't think so. First of all, do you have a multimillion dollar tester and can you demonstrate that both devices behave identically? I don't think so. Second, you are paying for what is guaranteed. Can you demonstrate the running a few apps in Win98 exercises enough speed paths and potential fault nodes to be meaningful? I don't think so. Can you guarantee that both parts meet all the specifications published in the data sheet? That's what is being guaranteed when you buy the higher speed part. Needless to say, if there was an attorney out there who could prove it in court, it would have been done long ago.

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