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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (111731)5/21/2000 5:03:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (1) of 1572086
 
Elmer, isn't .35u what the original Pentium Pro was fabbed in? Did Intel convert those lines to the BX instead of upgrading them when the PPro was phased out? The BX must have went into production at about the time the processor lines were going to .25u, not? It makes sense in a way, getting a couple more years production out of old tooling.

This somewhat confirms a hunch I had, the chipset business is sort of a loss leader. Regardless of how much silicon area is actually in there, producing those 500 pin packages can't be particularly cheap.

Cheers, Dan
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