MOT Sends G4 Packing To Kuala Lumpur!
How's about this little nugget... It seems the G4 has been sent packing from Texas for a long over seas voyage.
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Motorola is pleased to announce the transfer of final test of the MPC744x and MPC745x (Vger and Apollo product lines) from Motorola BAT-1 Austin, Texas to Motorola Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KLM). All test, burn in, and inspection process flows and equipment will remain the same. The transfer to KLM is a factory consolidation as a result of the closure of the BAT1 factory. Vger product lines will begin test in KLM in June of 2002. Apollo product lines will begin test in KLM in July 2002.
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Proof Linkage:
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=Motorola+Kuala+Lumpur+MPC745x" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=Motorola+Kuala+Lumpur+MPC745x</a>
Now why did they do it? Did they send the G4 packing since Apple is going IBM? Discuss, speculate, fight and bicker as needed.
Dave
[ 10-05-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
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Motorola is pleased to announce the transfer of final test of the MPC744x and MPC745x (Vger and Apollo product lines) from Motorola BAT-1 Austin, Texas to Motorola Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KLM). All test, burn in, and inspection process flows and equipment will remain the same. The transfer to KLM is a factory consolidation as a result of the closure of the BAT1 factory. Vger product lines will begin test in KLM in June of 2002. Apollo product lines will begin test in KLM in July 2002.
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Proof Linkage:
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=Motorola+Kuala+Lumpur+MPC745x" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=Motorola+Kuala+Lumpur+MPC745x</a>
Now why did they do it? Did they send the G4 packing since Apple is going IBM? Discuss, speculate, fight and bicker as needed.
Dave
[ 10-05-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
Comments
<strong>I would imagine that they moved it overseas because it can be fab'd cheaper over there. But most importantly, it now free's up that faciality, indicating a possible change over to .13nm or .09nm
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"The transfer to KLM is a factory consolidation as a result of the closure of the BAT1 factory."
[ 10-05-2002: Message edited by: Bodhi ]</p>