>For example a part might meet the voltage specification, the temperature specification, and the radiation specification individually, but when you put that same part simultaneously in a high voltage, low temperature, and high radiation environment it doesn't perform as well.
I am not disagreeing, but at some point humanity should switch to actual probabilistic device models instead of vague datasheets. Imagine every datasheet has a .sample() function and you get a randomized SPICE model as if it came from the manufacturing line, you can draw a 100 and plot the properties. Want to measure the dynamic range of some ADC? A-weighted or not? Instead of specifying values highlighting figures of merit, each such figure of merit corresponds with an explicit SPICE circuit that measures that figure of merit on one and the same generator for random SPICE models with that specific part designation.
If a brand tries to fool its customers by insinuating a desirably high or low value by changing the test method, its immediately clear. A user may specify his own test circuit, or reuse the test circuit from the interactive datasheet from a competitor etc in order to make apples to apples comparisons for different DUT's.
I am not disagreeing, but at some point humanity should switch to actual probabilistic device models instead of vague datasheets. Imagine every datasheet has a .sample() function and you get a randomized SPICE model as if it came from the manufacturing line, you can draw a 100 and plot the properties. Want to measure the dynamic range of some ADC? A-weighted or not? Instead of specifying values highlighting figures of merit, each such figure of merit corresponds with an explicit SPICE circuit that measures that figure of merit on one and the same generator for random SPICE models with that specific part designation.
If a brand tries to fool its customers by insinuating a desirably high or low value by changing the test method, its immediately clear. A user may specify his own test circuit, or reuse the test circuit from the interactive datasheet from a competitor etc in order to make apples to apples comparisons for different DUT's.