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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (26716)12/13/1997 2:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 1576827
 
Bill - Re: "the cpu maker would test and dice them, and then package
them or ship them out to other packagers at the highest tested state being most economical."

Economical is the KEY word.

It is more economical to ship complete wafers to assmbly houses in S.E. Asia and do all the assembly there.

Remember - wafers are comparatively light and small - compared to, for example, an automobile.

Paul