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To: Elmer who wrote (75464)	3/24/2002 12:54:11 PM
From: maui_dude	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Elmer, Re : "The high risk of continuing yield problems by combining SOI and 9 metal layers is just another hail Mary pass on Jerry's part." Sure, there are risks. AMD has to take risks to compete. And to their credit, they have gotten good at succeeding at that. AMD must have done some cost-benefit analysis to determine that they can use 2 additional layer and come out ahead overall (including lower yield) with a reasonable confidence level. And is it more than more AMD thinking 'oh_We_are_dead_if_we_dont_take_extreme_risks' ?. This cost-benefit analysis is what I would like to know more about. Why did they not settle for 8 layers and a slightly larger die size (but higher yields) ? Maui.

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