Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Sat Oct 26 11:53:00 2002

> > > or two ICs in several orders were faulty, until I realised they took them
> > > all out of the tubes to count them :-(
> > >
> >Intel or AMD had a similar problem (huge yield problems) because of an
> >overzealous clerk counting silicon wafers by hand. By *touching* them.
>
> I'm surprised that Intel didn't try to blame the Pentium FDIV bug on that...
>
This supposedly happened sometime in the late 70's early 80's.

> It still cracks me up that according to Intel I'm a 48,000-year-old man... ;-)

Oh do tell. :)

g.
Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 11:53:00 BST

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