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Stanima
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6 years ago

Problems with chips from the TAIWAN foundry.

​I am having problems with an Altera Cyclone III FPGA. We have been using this part for several years without problems. However, now we are getting parts that are source from the TAIWAN foundry which...
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6 years ago

​What is the ERMA process? And how would I start one?

The failure process is described above in my previous reply.

The unit we are experiencing failure in is our Model 7210A Controller. Thus far we know of 6 units experiencing the problem in the field. We expect more report failures from the field. We are also testing units in production to weed out this failure before it gets to the customer.