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Article #1388Re: Simple CPU Questions
From: Sam Sivakumar
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:03
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:03
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In article <1993Jan5.212031.29177@ptdcs2.intel.com> ssivakum@ptdcs2.intel.com (Sam Sivakumar) writes: > This technique however is not uncommon in the industry, especially >in the case of microcontrollers. Very often, microcontrollers whose logic >portions do not work can be sold as EPROMs, since microcontrollers, for the >most part, are logic cores surrounded by a fair amount of memory. > I stand corrected on this. Actually, microcontrollers whose memory does not work are sold as stand-alone controllers, not the other way around as I have mentioned above. Shows how little us process engineers know about the products we make in the fab! -- Sam Sivakumar | Intel's very own lithography dude, ssivakum@ptdcs5.intel.com | Speakin' for himself, that's for sure! PTD, Aloha, OR |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!hfglobe!ptd!ssivakum From: ssivakum@ptdcs2.intel.com (Sam Sivakumar) Subject: Re: Simple CPU Questions Message-ID: <1993Jan6.160343.24677@ptdcs2.intel.com> Organization: Intel Corporation -- Aloha, Oregon References: <72263@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan5.121048.9355@uxmail.ust.hk> <1993Jan5.212031.29177@ptdcs2.intel.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:03:43 GMT Lines: 16