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To: Elmer who wrote (66172)	10/12/1998 12:50:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, Re: "This is an Intel thread. Shouldn't you be posting this on the AMD thread? <ggg>" The subject came up here, not on AMD. It was whether a non-Intel company was experiencing a design problem, or something else. Besides, some people over there get downright nasty if you don't call Intel the evil empire, and AMD the only hope for salvation from them for the good and righteous folk who should not have to tolerate price gouging. You know. Tony

To: Elmer who wrote (66172)	10/12/1998 3:20:00 AM
From: Ron Mayer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

'Mavericks'; and the Intel wafer on display in the Sunnyvale Fry's > "If...the yield is less than a programmed amount...the whole wafer > is thrown away. They call these wafers 'Mavericks'. Did anyone else see the wafer of Intel chips on display at the Sunnyvale Fry's? The reason I bring it up, is that many of the little rectangles have a little black dot in the middle of them, but many do not. There is a visible crack on the wafer, and every little rectangle that the crack passes through has a black dot. I was wondering if this is one of the wafers being discussed here; where black dots mean that chip failed. I forgot how many had no dot, but it was quite a few, so if my theory is right we can get one data point suggesting Intel tossed at least one maverick wafer with quite a few chips that passed at least some test. Anyone else seen it? Is my guess good? Ron