Mc68060fe133 ?

[Bundi]

I've seen a number of "these chips don't exist, Freescale told me so" threads and felt like chipping in.

First off, I don't know a damned thing.

Secondly, consider the implications of this document:

http://www.seshaonline.org/regions/ssatexashillc/presentations/Fielding_9-21-06_Approved_Final.pdf

To my mind it goes some way to suggest that Freescale / Motorolla may have had contractual obligations to supply 68060s to some government agency or department potentially long after they stopped marketing the product to the general public. It seems possible that these parts were never a secret so that they were never recorded as controlled items but they were produced after Moto / Freescale had stopped actively marketing / selling the 68k tech, hence they wound up in China being recycled.

Maybe they were secret and that's why they still deny they exist even though some have shown up in the wild.

Maybe the chinese mafia have got a fancy new chip relabeling machine and we'll soon be seeing 200mhz 68060s with missing pins and chips in the casings.

Maybe I should go back to watching the complete X-Files DVD collection and wearing my AFDB :hat:

B.

I also spotted these 50 shiney new cost reduced (but still expensive) 060's on eBay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MC68060RC50-MOTOROLA-BRAND-NEW-PARTS-LOT-25-/260950777581?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc1e0deed#ht_1556wt_1110

B.

[Bundi]

Freescale as subcontractor to NASA

http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1163784

"FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR (CHINA) LIMITED
PROCUREMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS"

including;
3.   CONFIDENTIAL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.
13.   GOVERNMENT SUBCONTRACT.  

http://www.freescale.com/collateral/SPSTCCHINA.doc

So I'd say it's safe to assume that Freescale do confidential business with governments and that Freescale have operations in china.

From http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1067286&highlight=

"Tianjin Final Manufacturing
Also experiencing significant growth is the Tianjin Final Manufacturing operation, Freescale's back-end manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China. The Tianjin factory supplies more than 9 million microcontroller, mixed-signal and radio frequency devices per week. It is one of two Freescale facilities offering complete testing and packaging capabilities. The 400,000-square-foot factory has been in production since 2001. The Tianjin operation, which has more than 2,500 employees, was recently awarded the 2006 Best Employer and Best Female Employer Awards organized by the Central China TV station."

From the Freescale PowerISA spec sheet;

"Notice to U.S. Government Users—Documentation
Related to Restricted Rights—Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set fourth in GSA ADP
Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation"

I'm not saying they're genuine parts, but it seems possible.

B.