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Re:New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've... by OptionOfT on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @05:38PM (#48390486)
I disagree. At a certain moment you start to rely on behavior, knowingly or unknowingly.

These kind of changes might surface bugs that you never had.

https://xkcd.com/1172/

Re:New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've... by rowanG077 on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:59AM (#48395065)
If you relied on behavior not in the spec this is on you.
Re:New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've... by adrian_b on Thursday June 04, 2026 @04:49AM (#48395960)
In these cases of the TI parts, some of their most important specifications, like maximum supply voltage, noise and slew rate, have been changed, and not by a few percent, but by even a factor close to 2.

For so great changes, it is really not acceptable to use the same part number, especially when the part numbers have been in widespread use for many decades, so most users who are familiar to them will not bother to check again their latest specifications, where they could notice that they are no longer what they knew.

Re:New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've... by rbanffy on Thursday June 04, 2026 @03:24AM (#48395295)
I don’t care for bugs that never manifest themselves under intended uses.
Re:New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've... by sidpatil on Thursday June 04, 2026 @06:58AM (#48396871)
In software, this is known as Hyrum's Law: https://www.hyrumslaw.com/