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Article #15793Re: "The Glob" Atari 2600 processors ???
From: John Whitmore
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:18
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:18
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In article <kennehra.724560313@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan) writes: > > >Hi. I opened up one of my atari 2600 games, and instead of a regular >chip inside, there was this small plastic glob where the ROM chip >should be!!!! It's a blob-packaged ROM chip. Some manufacturers support a direct chip-on-board mounting for their products (Rockwell is one, and IBM and Intel have done it as well). This saves money (not much), and is showing up in a few consumer items. Some chip houses, of course, will not ship dice, only packaged IC's; you can't rip the chip out after it has been packaged. And, it may be awkward to do final QC (full testing of the chip) without putting it in a standard DIP or other package first. John Whitmore
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.edu!whit From: whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) Subject: Re: "The Glob" Atari 2600 processors ??? Message-ID: <1992Dec18.051831.26110@u.washington.edu> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle References: <kennehra.724560313@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:18:31 GMT Lines: 23