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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 203.14-0.8%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST
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To: Paul Engel who wrote (48663)7/23/2001 5:13:09 PM
From: fyodor_Read Replies (1) of 275872
 
Paul: So - yields will somehow IMPROVE by observation and testing - eh?

Now - why don't you tell me how these will be tested after implantation - and how THAT TESTING will IMPROVE YIELDS?

You seem to have misunderstood the point, again.

If a wafer can be discarded before it reaches the fab line, it would take up valuable space on the limited equipment.

(Of course, if simply looking at a wafer would be enough to discern whether or not is was good, one would imagine that both AMD and Intel would already be doing that ;-))

On the other hand, inspecting and testing the wafer AFTER it has gone through the entire manufacturing process doesn't save any capacity.
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