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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Time Traveler who wrote (33943)	7/5/1998 11:19:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574002

TT, As I am sure you are aware, Mil spec devices are specified to a particular class of tests to Mil Standards for integrated circuits. Mil Std 883 is a famous set of standards that specify qual. levels etc and is completely independent of the part number. Bill, is simply ignoring logical arguments from us, to annoy folks on this frivolous law suit issue. As someone who is an AMD investor, he is taking out his frustration at losing money by pushing this lawsuit issue. My advice is we should all ignore him. Regards,

To: Time Traveler who wrote (33943)	7/6/1998 12:11:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1574002

timetraveller, please refer to this URL and examine the specs of the series there. It is a PDF file and you will need adobe acrobat to read it. There are many parts there with the 1xx, 2xx, 3xx nomenclature of old where the 1xxwas the MIL spec temp range, 2xx commercial or industrial and 3XX the consumer temp range. The MIL is the tightest. national.com You will find it describes the LM158/258/358 series of of parts made by national. The highest temp rating is the 158 and from it are derived all the assorted MIL-spec devices in assorted packages, naked dice, flatpacks etc. All the packages require further qualifying suffixes for the assorted MIL or other areas, even the lowly LM358, the common plastic DIP. All parts that are MIL approved need a lengthy test and qualifying period, as many as five years in length, which explains why the shuttles fly with old computers. That document will lead you further into MIL spec and live flight rated parts and other ratings for areas where human life is on the line(pacemakers, shuttle parts) and where the signature on NS president is needed. Bill