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In article <1992Nov11.211434.1633@ennews.eas.asu.edu>, scowen@wfpc3.la.asu.edu (Paul A. Scowen) writes:
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|>I was wondering if anyone from the DEC enclaves would be willing to refute or
|>otherwise rumours I've been hearing from research groups on both coasts that
|>the Alpha manufacturing process is turning up very bad yield rates (like less
|>than 5%) compared to normal yields closer to 25-30%.  The implied result of 
|>this type of problem is a rarer and therefore more expensive product.
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|>
Absolutely not true.  We have shipped over 2000 DEC3000 workstations to 
ISV's and internal software developers in the last quarter.  We are now 
running a very steep manufacturing ramp and will be able to deliver systems
in under 30 days for the forseeable future.  (unless of course, you customers
want to order thousands in the next couple of weeks)

The fact of the matter is that the Alpha CPU is not the longest lead part
on the systems, and we have no trouble whatsoever building Alpha CPU's to 
keep up with our forecasted demand.


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William M. Jackson
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Workstation Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation
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