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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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