12 Sep '10 08:02>
Originally posted by KellyJayI see that as always, you are reluctant to give yes or no answers to straight forward questions and rely instead on being vague about what you really mean.
This is what knowing why the part is laid out the way it is does for you to name a few.
You know what is there and why, or what is supposed to be there and why.
You know what is supposed to happen and not.
You know what is to be expected in all conditions.
You know what the conditions are supposed to be each time you test.
You know what the tolerances are supposed to be each time you test.
Now tell me, suppose there is a transistor, sitting all by itself in the CPU, not connected to anything. Won't all your answers above be essentially straight forward to answer even by someone as unskilled as I in the field?
I know that a transistor does not function without being connected up, so I can say straight away that it is not acting as a transistor. Of course its possible that the designer just likes to add extra transistors in a nice pattern to form his companies logo. But even the battery of tests you mention and the teams of engineers etc would be no better at picking that up than I would.
There is a lot to spotting a design flaw and all other types so your and Andrew
claims just by looking at a part you two can see a design flaw isn't something I
agree with.
Because you are making a number of obvious errors. You are assuming that all design flaws are as difficult to spot as the hardest to spot flaw (false), you are assuming that all skills and full knowledge are required to spot a flaw (false) and several others besides.
But most of all, you are just being dishonest and avoiding admitting that you are wrong. Your careful avoidance of certain questions betrays your dishonesty in the matter.