Intel had
a small problem. A large customer had hundreds of thousands of
computers that could not be upgraded to a customer replace-able CPU,
that Intel had just introduced. Intel's solution was a small circuit
board that fit under the
CPU. But they needed someone to design an assembly fixture that could
be used by a semi-skilled operator at an Intel assembly plant to intall
and test the final product assembly. AND as a bonus, we only had 4
weeks to
deliver the first fixture. According to them, this had never been done
before. Originally
they imagined a fixture to install the circuit boards one at a time.
