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Marcin



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:56 pm    Post subject: Strange Weitek Reply with quote

I bought this chip :

http://i7.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/8e/eb/b1da_1_b.JPG

Think thinking what is that ...

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no clue lol
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

first buy.
then ask.

lol

too old copyright for being a Sparc CPU as other weiteks..or?

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

possibly a gate array or a multiplier
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought a weitek too. white ceramic CLCC .
what's it ?

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for answers. Hugo please post in other topic to get request.

To chiptalk and wepwawet. Hehehe that was my first buy (not cheap chip) when I knew nothing about purchased item Laughing Looks great and I will keep it as unknown Weitek chip.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why companies don't have a handbook/catalogue for their chips?
It would be good.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dume wrote:
Why companies don't have a handbook/catalogue for their chips?
It would be good.


often they make custom chips for a specific buyer. Not a standard product.

ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dume wrote:
Why companies don't have a handbook/catalogue for their chips? It would be good.


They do... They're called data books. No collection is complete without them.

- CMW
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

chip68 wrote:
dume wrote:
Why companies don't have a handbook/catalogue for their chips? It would be good.


They do... They're called data books. No collection is complete without them.

- CMW


and you wil not find many thousands oof chips in these databooks, as databooks were never made for them Smile

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