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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: grok who wrote (72067)9/17/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH  Read Replies (1) of 1572685
 
RE: < s390.ibm.com Tale of the Tape - Copper chip MCM vs Aluminium chip MCM Copper chip MCM Aluminium chip MCM Processor Speed 637 MHz 500 MHz

KZNerd "This is a technology marvel but I do not believe that the 637 vs 500 MHz is due only to copper."

More IBM Cu hype. Seems like a groundrule shrink between the Cu and Al chip might have had something to do with it also.
Ditto for the L2 cache chip.I held one of those G6 MCMs in my hand. It is truly amazing.

THE WATSONYOUTH
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