A golden sample is a sample produced by a manufacturer that is perfect in almost all ways so that when sent to the media it can be tested and receive a high standard review. The term golden sample can also be used to describe a product that is a very rare find and is perfect in almost all ways and has been found just by chance. Contract Manufacturers and Original Design Manufacturers use the term golden sample to describe the final sample that is sent to the customer or OEM

OEM

OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...

for approval before mass production.

This term is used commonly in microprocessors and refers to overclocking and yields.

A golden sample can also be defined in product testing as a sample that has all test results in the middle of the nominal range.