Quotes by Michael Kirschner

“This is definitely an area that frustrates suppliers when theyre asked for complete materials composition. Suppliers have expressed concerns about giving away their secret sauce, so some of them are listing 2 [percent] to 4 percent of their content as proprietary. They simply wont tell you want that is.”

“ECD is an open-source Excel-based version of 1752. The Excel version is a more powerful form than the PDF form.”

“With ceramic capacitors, a lot of the content really is proprietary intellectual property. But with standard interconnects, it doesnt matter. Everybody knows exactly whats in the component. So in that case, the lack of full disclosure is a cop out.”