I thought we were beyond the sensitivity to the appreviation Jap for Japanese. However, when I do a web search, I find very few usages indexed in the search engines, so either the searches have politically correct filters or the abbreviation is truly not in common use. There is one British site (linked below) that offers parts for Japanese cars, though:

Anyway, what I was asking Mark is info on what seems to be a series of new chips from 4Q. The two released picture J cars. Wondering if there was an underlying theme. Not sure why Smorse thought I was hasseling Mark by asking for info on a chip issue [g].