After hearing that I had interviewed for a position at Intel Corporation, my Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) classmate, Scott Robinson, remarked “I still have the grill marks.” Scott had joined Intel a year ahead of me and his comment referred to the intensive questioning he had experienced during his interview. While I was not puzzled…
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Proving You Can Find a Needle: From the Weak Write Test Mode Saga
Needles don’t occur in every haystack. Suppose you have developed a new method to detect a needle. Now prove it! Easy, you say—just toss some needles into a haystack and go find them. I faced this scenario with proving that Weak Write Test Mode would work. Two things needed to be proved: Did the new…
Alternatives to a 500 Millisecond Pause: Part I of the Weak Write Test Mode Saga
Efficiencies in engineering solutions are not a matter of just doing it faster; they often come about by looking at the problem from a different perspective. Such is the genesis of the move from a one-second test to a 100-millisecond test solution. Testing electronics has evolved over the decades from testing for goodness to detecting…
Introduction to a Sexy Hard Problem: From the Weak Write Test Mode Saga
Signs the problem is very hard: Before you have worked on it you’re asked a vague question from an IBM engineer during a research review. The solution results in a 10X decrease. The solution can be applied to every single product with that circuitry at your company. Patents are filed. People who can’t make your…