Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!cmhgate!f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Richard.Petty From: Richard.Petty@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Richard Petty) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Chip Speed Message-ID: <19564.24E7C68A@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Date: 14 Aug 89 02:21:32 GMT Sender: ufgate@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:382/54 - The Bull Creek BBS, Austin TX Lines: 23 I know a few days have elapsed, but I think I have something worthy to add to the discussion on SIMM speeds. I work for Motorola in Austin, Texas. We do final test on all the 020's and 030's (and yes, 040's). I don't think the following constitutes a trade secret: If we are unable to ship enough 16MHz units to satisfy demand, we mark 20 or 25MHz units as 16s ("downgrading") and ship 'em! In fact, I don't think any DRAM (memory) or CPU manufacturer produces slow units on purpose. We produce the fastest CPUs we can, and do a sort test in order to determine what they are capable of. Hope this helps. Richard Petty -- Richard Petty via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!382!54!Richard.Petty INET: Richard.Petty@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG