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On Nov 22, 4:41*pm, Telamon
wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chip http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.j...leID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The SJ Mercury site sometimes requires you to sign up for a free account. But the link isn't secure. May have just got messed up in your newsreader. I'll repost he http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 |
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On Nov 22, 7:27*pm, Telamon
wrote: In article , *Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. *To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. *It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." *The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. -- Telamon Ventura, California The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. |
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On Nov 23, 3:45 am, wrote:
On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. -- Telamon Ventura, California The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. Thank God. |
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Rfburns wrote:
None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. Thank God. They're finally putting it in lots of cars. (You usually have to wait a design cycle to make a major change in the built-ins). That's going to be a big help only if the radios work. If they don't perform at least as well as satellite, they're toast. |
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On Nov 23, 7:18*am, Rfburns wrote:
On Nov 23, 3:45 am, wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , *Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios.. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. *To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. *It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." *The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. -- Telamon Ventura, California The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. - None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. -*Thank God. Man Created HD-Radio : God Had Nothing To Do With It [.] |
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In article
, wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27*pm, Telamon wrote: In article , *Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. *To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. *It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." *The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. Why would anyone flame this news? This is terrible. Do you know why the test engineer went berserk? I can't believe the reason stated. If it was me I would just quit and work somewhere else. I have actually done this in the past so it's not just words. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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"Hall Monitor2" wrote in message
... The bandwidth that it might "screw up" isn't being used for anything anyway. Like most digitization, is is finding ways to use resources more efficiently. It is being "used" by a few hundred old-timers who still like to scan the AM band, looking for that rare and elusive "catch" from 1000 miles away. They think their outdated hobby transcends any attempt to make real use of the bandwidth. Mind you, their intent is not to actually *listen* to any programs on said station. It's merely an ego thing - they just want to say "I heard such and such station". People who actually *listen* to the radio are derisively called "program listeners" by the "elite" DXers. Yeah, spinning the dial to see what you could find was cool 40 years ago when I was a kid, using an old tube radio. But these days it is just silly. You can "catch" nearly any station in the world these days on the net. You might as well put up a TV antenna on your roof and go up and manually spin it around every time you change channels. Or would you rather have cable/HD/satellite? There is simply no reason for AM radio to still be noisy/static filled/fading/generally sounding like crap. If it can't be fixed, then it should just go away. If it can be fixed, then let's fix it. The current technology is 100 years old, virtually unchanged. Frankly, its embarrassing. No wonder kids today have no interest in it. |
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On Nov 23, 5:29 pm, "Bob Campbell" wrote:
"Hall Monitor2" wrote in message ... The bandwidth that it might "screw up" isn't being used for anything anyway. Like most digitization, is is finding ways to use resources more efficiently. It is being "used" by a few hundred old-timers who still like to scan the AM band, looking for that rare and elusive "catch" from 1000 miles away. They think their outdated hobby transcends any attempt to make real use of the bandwidth. Mind you, their intent is not to actually *listen* to any programs on said station. It's merely an ego thing - they just want to say "I heard such and such station". People who actually *listen* to the radio are derisively called "program listeners" by the "elite" DXers. Yeah, spinning the dial to see what you could find was cool 40 years ago when I was a kid, using an old tube radio. But these days it is just silly. You can "catch" nearly any station in the world these days on the net. You might as well put up a TV antenna on your roof and go up and manually spin it around every time you change channels. Or would you rather have cable/HD/satellite? There is simply no reason for AM radio to still be noisy/static filled/fading/generally sounding like crap. If it can't be fixed, then it should just go away. If it can be fixed, then let's fix it. The current technology is 100 years old, virtually unchanged. Frankly, its embarrassing. No wonder kids today have no interest in it. Bob, Bob, Bob. You're pathetic! Digital doesn't mean better. I'm embarrased at you! |
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"Rfburns" wrote in message
... Bob, Bob, Bob. You're pathetic! Digital doesn't mean better. I'm embarrased at you! For audio/video, it does. Do you think that 100 year old AM technology can't be improved? Or are you one of those "tubes 4ever" people? Look, I have loads of tube radios here. More than you can imagine. Philcos, Zeniths, an E. H. Scott. I listen to them every day, mainly things that I broadcast myself. Yes, they sound (mostly) very nice. But if you think digital is not better then you are simply a luddite. I'm not claiming that the current AM HD system is the best we can do. Clearly it is not. But at least someone is *trying* to bring AM into the 21st century. We should not be cheering at its failure. |
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Bob Campbell wrote:
"Rfburns" wrote in message ... Bob, Bob, Bob. You're pathetic! Digital doesn't mean better. I'm embarrased at you! For audio/video, it does. Do you think that 100 year old AM technology can't be improved? Or are you one of those "tubes 4ever" people? Look, I have loads of tube radios here. More than you can imagine. Philcos, Zeniths, an E. H. Scott. I listen to them every day, mainly things that I broadcast myself. Yes, they sound (mostly) very nice. But if you think digital is not better then you are simply a luddite. I'm not claiming that the current AM HD system is the best we can do. Clearly it is not. But at least someone is *trying* to bring AM into the 21st century. We should not be cheering at its failure. You can easily build survival radios that transmit and receive AM or CW. Therefore, we should therefore maintain a vital analog presence, at least below 30 MHz. |
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Dave wrote:
Bob Campbell wrote: "Rfburns" wrote in message ... Bob, Bob, Bob. You're pathetic! Digital doesn't mean better. I'm embarrased at you! For audio/video, it does. Do you think that 100 year old AM technology can't be improved? Or are you one of those "tubes 4ever" people? Look, I have loads of tube radios here. More than you can imagine. Philcos, Zeniths, an E. H. Scott. I listen to them every day, mainly things that I broadcast myself. Yes, they sound (mostly) very nice. But if you think digital is not better then you are simply a luddite. I'm not claiming that the current AM HD system is the best we can do. Clearly it is not. But at least someone is *trying* to bring AM into the 21st century. We should not be cheering at its failure. You can easily build survival radios that transmit and receive AM or CW. Therefore, we should therefore maintain a vital analog presence, at least below 30 MHz. Therefore... |
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On Nov 23, 10:21 pm, Dave wrote:
Dave wrote: Bob Campbell wrote: "Rfburns" wrote in message ... Bob, Bob, Bob. You're pathetic! Digital doesn't mean better. I'm embarrased at you! For audio/video, it does. Do you think that 100 year old AM technology can't be improved? Or are you one of those "tubes 4ever" people? Look, I have loads of tube radios here. More than you can imagine. Philcos, Zeniths, an E. H. Scott. I listen to them every day, mainly things that I broadcast myself. Yes, they sound (mostly) very nice. But if you think digital is not better then you are simply a luddite. I'm not claiming that the current AM HD system is the best we can do. Clearly it is not. But at least someone is *trying* to bring AM into the 21st century. We should not be cheering at its failure. You can easily build survival radios that transmit and receive AM or CW. Therefore, we should therefore maintain a vital analog presence, at least below 30 MHz. Therefore... Dave - You're exactly right. AM radio should stay as it is. It's simple, works extremely well through marginal conditions and receivers are easy to make are cheap to build. Too bad the FCC is too stupid to understand this or too compromised by influences from big business. (Probably the latter) I'm so tired of people ignorantly flapping their gums about digital this and digital that. Not every service should become digital. Someday Bob will understand this. Shame on you Bob. |
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On Nov 23, 1:55*pm, "Hall Monitor2" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Nov 23, 7:18 am, Rfburns wrote: On Nov 23, 3:45 am, wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. -- Telamon Ventura, California The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. Thank God. Oh, HD is crappy technology for sure. However, they can still deliver the new chipset. [Silicon Valley is full of "living dead" companies and technologies. People throw good money after bad in an attempt to save the initial investment. Venture Capitalists don't understand technology. They just throw darts. Of course, the one good dart pays for all the crap they finance and then some.] It's a shame the radio biz doesn't spend more time on content creation rather than useless technology. You are assuming they don't? Actually, useless is to kind to describe HD since it screws up conventional radio bandwidth. HD is harmful technology. * It's called progress. (I take it your talking about AM HD.) How is it "useless" to allow multiple streams of programming on the same station? *That's not useless to me...more channels, more choices. The bandwidth that it might "screw up" isn't being used for anything anyway. Like most digitization, is is finding ways to use resources more efficiently. The same channel? Now that might be useful. No, IBOC is not on channel, it used adjacent channels. In the old days, you would get in trouble if you station had sidebands exceeding your alotted BW. Much engineering effect went into good bandlimiting. Programming? Does propping up some right wing loon reading faxes from the Heritage Society count as programming? Were up to 3rd tier wingnuts like Rusty Humphries. WIth HD we can get 4th tier wingnuts. Maybe the Joe the Plumber show. |
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On Nov 23, 2:06*pm, Telamon
wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 23, 7:18*am, Rfburns wrote: On Nov 23, 3:45 am, wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , *Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. *To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. *It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." *The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. *Thank God. Oh, HD is crappy technology for sure. However, they can still deliver the new chipset. [Silicon Valley is full of "living dead" companies and technologies. People throw good money after bad in an attempt to save the initial investment. Venture Capitalists don't understand technology. They just throw darts. Of course, the one good dart pays for all the crap they finance and then some.] It's a shame the radio biz doesn't spend more time on content creation rather than useless technology. Actually, useless is to kind to describe HD since it screws up conventional radio bandwidth. HD is harmful technology. Well unless someone went around and erased all the hard drives the design is still around. TSMC must still have the masks so the design can still be produced for whomever ends up owning it. -- Telamon Ventura, California This is supposed to be some new low power design, not the current technology. You really need the schematics to keep the product alive. Most chips get tweaks during their lifetime. The mask shop doesn't necessarily get the layout data. What you send to the mask shop goes through considerable processing. Polygons are reduced by detecting overlapping shapes. The layer itself gets sized to compensate for the process. In any event, the people needed to produce the product (design and test) are still there. |
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On Nov 23, 12:35*pm, Telamon
wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27*pm, Telamon wrote: In article , *Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios.. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210102036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. *To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. *It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." *The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. Why would anyone flame this news? This is terrible. Do you know why the test engineer went berserk? I can't believe the reason stated. If it was me I would just quit and work somewhere else. I have actually done this in the past so it's not just words. -- Telamon Ventura, California The flame comes from pointing out that the CEO, HR, and operations person are not really needed. [Hey, I'm sorry they died, but the product will live.] In most technology companies, the brass doesn't understand the technology, at least in anything but the most cursory simplistic level. However, they don't have to understand what is happening. If you don't produce something that works, you get fired. One of the chip companies I worked at had a revision nomenclature that went A B C F I R E D. If you don't get it working by the D rev, you are history. Most chips need at least one rev, maybe two. I don't believe I did anything that required three revs. |
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None of this matters as HD radio is dead anyway. Thank God.
No, far from it. The technology will improve like every other technological advance, and is here to stay. |
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The same channel? Now that might be useful. No, IBOC is not on channel, it used adjacent channels. In the old days, you would get in trouble if you station had sidebands exceeding your alotted BW. Much engineering effect went into good bandlimiting. While they are "on the sides" it's still on channel. Programming? Does propping up some right wing loon reading faxes from the Heritage Society count as programming? Were up to 3rd tier wingnuts like Rusty Humphries. WIth HD we can get 4th tier wingnuts. Maybe the Joe the Plumber show. Where on HD are they programming 4th tier wingnuts? |
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On Nov 24, 8:37 pm, Telamon
wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 23, 12:35 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21010 2036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. Why would anyone flame this news? This is terrible. Do you know why the test engineer went berserk? I can't believe the reason stated. If it was me I would just quit and work somewhere else. I have actually done this in the past so it's not just words. The flame comes from pointing out that the CEO, HR, and operations person are not really needed. [Hey, I'm sorry they died, but the product will live.] In most technology companies, the brass doesn't understand the technology, at least in anything but the most cursory simplistic level. However, they don't have to understand what is happening. If you don't produce something that works, you get fired. One of the chip companies I worked at had a revision nomenclature that went A B C F I R E D. If you don't get it working by the D rev, you are history. Most chips need at least one rev, maybe two. I don't believe I did anything that required three revs. I can get to the story at EE Times. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=xplkM...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Feetimes.com%2Fnews%2Flatest%2FshowA rticle.jhtml%3Bjsession id%3D%3FarticleID%3D212100913 The test engineer that did the shooting was laid off or fired and came back later that day for a meeting with the CEO, a VP, and the head of HR. They were probably going over his termination compensation package. He killed them at that meeting and not because he was told to work on HD chips. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=Hpv-N...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Fci_11027673%3 Fsource%3Dmost_viewed -- Telamon Ventura, California No - Trust me on this. The poor soul flipped out because of HD radio. Really! |
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, Rfburns wrote: On Nov 24, 8:37 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 23, 12:35 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21010 2036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. Why would anyone flame this news? This is terrible. Do you know why the test engineer went berserk? I can't believe the reason stated. If it was me I would just quit and work somewhere else. I have actually done this in the past so it's not just words. The flame comes from pointing out that the CEO, HR, and operations person are not really needed. [Hey, I'm sorry they died, but the product will live.] In most technology companies, the brass doesn't understand the technology, at least in anything but the most cursory simplistic level. However, they don't have to understand what is happening. If you don't produce something that works, you get fired. One of the chip companies I worked at had a revision nomenclature that went A B C F I R E D. If you don't get it working by the D rev, you are history. Most chips need at least one rev, maybe two. I don't believe I did anything that required three revs. I can get to the story at EE Times. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=xplkM...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Feetimes.com%2Fnews%2Flatest%2FshowA rticle.jhtml%3Bjsession id%3D%3FarticleID%3D212100913 The test engineer that did the shooting was laid off or fired and came back later that day for a meeting with the CEO, a VP, and the head of HR. They were probably going over his termination compensation package. He killed them at that meeting and not because he was told to work on HD chips. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=Hpv-N...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Fci_11027673%3 Fsource%3Dmost_viewed No - Trust me on this. The poor soul flipped out because of HD radio. Really! People were killed here, that's not funny. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Can't wait for ibiquitys inflated Christmas sales figures thisyear!!
On Nov 25, 1:13 am, Telamon
wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 24, 8:37 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 23, 12:35 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , wrote: On Nov 22, 7:27 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Rfburns wrote: On Nov 22, 7:07 pm, wrote: On Nov 22, 4:41 pm, Telamon wrote: The last time I looked a few months ago there was still no news of HD integrated chips on the web sites of the semiconductor manufactures that made press releases to that effect. All I can find are press releases that claim future development. I can not find any progress on those developments so as far as I know they are all vaporware. No new HD integrated chips = no new low power designed radios. If anyone has a link to samples, actual production, or data sheets of HD integrated chips please post a link to them. SiPort SP1010 chiphttp://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21010 2036 But, it looks like the electric chair for Mr. RFBurns:http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11027673 I understand that SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu flipped out when told to work on HD radio chips. To quote him - "HD radio is junk technology. It's a worthless endeavor and I won't do it." The he got a gun and the rest is history. Can't blame him for not wanting to do it myself. The news links you are posting are secure. I can't get to it. The short story is a test engineer at SiPort killed 3 other employees: CEO, operations manager, and HR. The reality is the project can go forward without these people. No flames please. I know the chip business. This doesn't kill the project presuming the money still flows. I worked in one chip company where a designer got hit by a car and pretty much that killed the design due to temporary amnesia. He recovered nicely though. Why would anyone flame this news? This is terrible. Do you know why the test engineer went berserk? I can't believe the reason stated. If it was me I would just quit and work somewhere else. I have actually done this in the past so it's not just words. The flame comes from pointing out that the CEO, HR, and operations person are not really needed. [Hey, I'm sorry they died, but the product will live.] In most technology companies, the brass doesn't understand the technology, at least in anything but the most cursory simplistic level. However, they don't have to understand what is happening. If you don't produce something that works, you get fired. One of the chip companies I worked at had a revision nomenclature that went A B C F I R E D. If you don't get it working by the D rev, you are history. Most chips need at least one rev, maybe two. I don't believe I did anything that required three revs. I can get to the story at EE Times. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=xplkM...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Feetimes.com%2Fnews%2Flatest%2FshowA rticle.jhtml%3Bjsession id%3D%3FarticleID%3D212100913 The test engineer that did the shooting was laid off or fired and came back later that day for a meeting with the CEO, a VP, and the head of HR. They were probably going over his termination compensation package. He killed them at that meeting and not because he was told to work on HD chips. http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=Hpv-N...ooting/news&UR L=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Fci_11027673%3 Fsource%3Dmost_viewed No - Trust me on this. The poor soul flipped out because of HD radio. Really! People were killed here, that's not funny. -- Telamon Ventura, California No, REALLY! HD radio did it. He hated it so much he bought a gun and went berserk. You gotta trust me on this. I wouldn't lie to you. |
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