Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/13/84; site cadsys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!vlsvax1!qantel!intelca!cadsys!chip From: chip@cadsys.UUCP (Chip Krauskopf) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.68k,net.works Subject: Re: 68020 clock rate query Message-ID: <177@cadsys.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 16:30:09 EDT Article-I.D.: cadsys.177 Posted: Tue Oct 22 16:30:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 04:43:35 EDT References: <112@zeta.UUCP> Reply-To: chip@cadsys.UUCP (Chip Krauskopf) Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.micro:12490 net.micro.68k:1262 net.works:1158 Summary: The testing of microprocessors is a very interesting subject. To be certified at a given speed the chip must perform at a given frequency and meet all the stated specs. across a wide temperature range. It is one thing for the part to work at room temp, but high temp is another. I would find it very surprising for a chip company to sell parts that don't pass there full test set at some speed as if they did. Likewise, if they have 16MHz parts, I would think they would sell them as such! The only way I know to "push" a non-full spec. chip is to cool it and/or run at higher voltage. -- Chip Krauskopf; 386 Design Team, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. {pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scquaxd,dual,qantel}!intelca!cadsys!chip N.B. The views above are personal and may not represent those of Intel.