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To: DavidG who wrote (38384)	9/10/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: phbolton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

David G wrote "Dell only uses Micron memory." I do not think this is true, was true or ever will be true.

To: DavidG who wrote (38384)	9/10/1998 11:07:00 PM
From: Chas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

DavidG, In reference to your on your comment about Micron being the only supplier used at Dell. Dell uses about 7-8 or more suppliers as no one PC company would only use one supplier. Even the best in class suppliers have issues that come up, so I can say with experience that all suppliers have various issues from time to time. It could be a module manufacturing related residue issue with the contacts like you mentioned to actual application issues, to die rev's that pass the qualification but in real applications sometimes a situation comes up that the lab environment doesnt catch. I know one PC company that has several computers setup with a special configuration at worst case voltages, runs a certain compiler under NT and continiously recompiles in different locations throughout memory. It so happens this test is hell on memory and periodically catches some issues that normal memory testing misses. Some companies keep programs, hardware, etc in their lab, and over the years endup with a suite of these types of tough tests they run on new boards, chip sets, memory etc to hopefully catch all the potential application issues before they start shipping. I didnt mean to get off on a tangent. Quality and reliability is getting better every year. Good trading.