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  Prof Lutzpr_ret_lutz@jasette.facil.services

  Jun 9, 2026, 12:10 PM

  TL;DW : TI beancounters forced the production to move from 150 to 300mm wafers on another line (or fab) and the silicon changed... Specs degraded but they still kept the same name (and changed the datasheet, some say a month after the new chip had already entered distribution channels).

  No surprise nowadays rockets still explode and cars catch fires: they're all controlled by correctly designed electronics but built with defective (but genuine) components. Some faulty boards pass QC and boom.

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