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To: tejek who wrote (76305)	10/20/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1576865

Ted, rem:< I am surprised that they would not put that unit together in house.....its seems pretty elementary or basic to the component structure. Were you surprised?> No, I'm not surprised. PC board assembly is entirely a different type of operation from chip making. Unless, you are dealing with a handful of modules for lab work, you don't want to get into PC board assembly, because it requires a different set of resources and skill set. As indicated in that article - "the processor module is a state-of-the-art design". Manual placement/soldering of components onto the PC board is out of the question because of the nature of the components (tiny, surface mount, tight tolerances of placement, etc.). It requires use of automated equipment(different types to take care of different steps in the overall asembly process), not only to deal with tight controls/accuracy required at each step, but also to deal with the high volume. Goutama