Minorities were heavily involved in the testing process because of disputes over earlier examinations.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

Still, while the new CPUs represent AMD's desktop high-end, they only stack up against Intel's mid-range Core i5 family, and even against that line-up they only edge ahead in heavily threaded testing.

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Verizon, one of the nation's largest pay phone owners, says it found little demand after testing Web pay phones in heavily trafficked areas.

FORBES: Unplanned Absolescence

SpaceX, by contrast, has stressed moving faster through early design issues and relied more heavily on building and testing actual prototypes.

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