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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (64105)	11/20/2001 11:40:44 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 275872

Pravin, "Higher leakage is an unfortunate byproduct of designing transistors for lower operating voltage." I would not argue with physics ;-) "AMD will not be able to escape this physical reality -- but it seems they will contain it better than Intel has." I agree, it is fascinating. If we assume that the transistor shrink into new feature size is done in accord with proper scientific scaling, and then apply the principle of continuity, it seems that AMD has much better chances to contain the leakage. I am basing this on the current Athlon leakage data as a starting point. The bottom line of excessive leakage is that this diminishes potential advances in design frequency, since all improvements may become bounded by thermal envelop for the ever shrinking chip area. With all implication to managerial roadmaps, and hence investing. "When I said "any given technology", I mean..." I am sorry, I was patronizing. Sorry again. - Ali

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