Neo Freerunner manufacturing status
Michael Shiloh
michael at openmoko.org
Wed Mar 19 19:24:30 CET 2008
Hi Ian,
Since I'm in California and the factory is in China, it's a little
difficult for me to know exactly what the plan is and where there are
concerns and weaknesses.
As far as I can tell there is some concern that the yield initially may
not be as high as we would like, and that some tweaking will be
necessary. Until we manufacture a trial run, we won't know whether
tweaking will be necessary or how extensive this tweaking needs to be.
So, sadly, I don't know how long PVT will take and have no timeline.
Perhaps those of you with more mass-production manufacturing experience
can speak from your experiences.
Michael
ian douglas wrote:
> Hi Michael (and Steve),
>
> I'm surprised nobody has asked yet:
>
> I know Michael himself has admitted that Openmoko has been historically
> bad at estimating delivery dates, but is there *any* chance on getting
> an updated timeline now that we have this news about the A5/A6?
>
> IE: How long can we (reasonably) expect the design update from A5 to A6
> expect to take? Will the PVT take a week? Two weeks? How long will final
> production take to ramp up and start seeing units make their way to
> shipping departments?
>
> Ian
>
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I just received a status report from our VP of Marketing, Steve Mosher:
>>
>>
>> The Freerunner design is currently staged to go through Production
>> Validation Test (PVT). The hardware design A5 is, we believe, solid.
>> We are updating this design to A6 to maximize production yields.
>>
>> The purpose of PVT is to make sure the yield is high enough, and to
>> make sure the manufacturing and testing process is smooth and efficient.
>>
>> Steve also welcomes direct contact from you. He can be reached at
>> steve at openmoko.com.
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