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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
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Reply-To: chip@cadsys.UUCP (Chip Krauskopf)
Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca.
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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.