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Article #411Re: Hardware for new Linux box
From: Oz
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 00:00
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In article <80lufd$aru$1@polo.demon.co.uk>, John Winters <john@polo.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <m2d7tdjyml.fsf@barnowl.demon.co.uk>, >Graham Murray <graham@barnowl.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>If all of the chips come from the same fabrication process with the >>same die, how can the "chip" know at what speed it is allowed (has >>been rated) to run? Or is this something put into the carrier (which >>the silicon can read) rather than in the silicon itself? > >I believe the latter, although I don't know the fine detail. It could be laser trimmed or fuses blown after testing and selection. This is not hard and is done for a few pence commercially and in large number for other devices. -- Oz
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