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To: wily who wrote (68721)	8/13/1999 1:27:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) of 1572604

Wily - Re: "Can someone explain to a layman (WITHOUT SARCASM) why AMD has never gotten their process technology working well?" Simply put, AMD has had to RAPIDLY develop new process technology and rush it into production just to TRY and remain competitive with Intel. This rushed-development has left no time for fine tuning, defect reduction, yield enhancement, etc. The new AthJOHN seems like a case in point. It appears to be made on a hybrid process using AMD's 0.18 micron front-end transistor process - to get the low operating voltage - but the back end is the 0.25 micron metallization process. Paul

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