On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Arno Griffioen wrote:

> > so, how often were these things used for memory?  or is this just a case of
> > a company doing right even if it costs more?
> 
> 'old' memory chips (late 70's early 80's) often were in ceramic packaging.
> These could get pretty warm too and the ceramic packaging is better at
> dissipating the heat away from the silicon itself.

"Pretty warm" is an understatment!

I remember the time when you could end up with a TI logo burnt into your
finger if you weren't careful :&)

-- Matt

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