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To: Paul Engel who wrote (33907)	7/3/1998 2:11:00 PM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 1573908

Paul, Yes there are many differences in the testing, documentation etc. My point was the manufacturing side, the die and assembly can be identical. There are Hi-rel specs, there are class S specs, many different level of testing and qualification. It is the testing and qual that sets these parts apart. As an example for std. commercial parts, there are also "industrial" parts where the mfg. guarantees -40 to +85 but other specs and manufacturing are same. Some folks don't even test for Industrial temp, because it is guranteed by design. But they still charge more of parts branded as Industrial. I was trying to oversimplify the matter. Regards, Kash