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To: Bob Jagow who wrote (4468)	8/24/1997 8:35:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	of 213177

Bob; I saw it in a PR blurb somewhere that the batwing was able to do it?? As you might know, if you reduce the size of all the transistors/lines etc of a design by 50% then you reduce the area by .50x .50 or to 25% of the original size. Since heating is area dependent and frequency dependent a smaller area will make the same heat at a higher temperature, thus opening the way for higher speeds, and more chips per silica disc. These two factors drive the rush to smaller geometries. I think AMD has a smaller geometry than Intel, as they have always been better chip designers than Intel as the K6 shows. (the success of the K6 has a lot to do with Intels recent price drop) Since AMD is only 5% of the size of Intel vis-a-vis CPU production rate, for every $1 they want to deprive AMD of by pre-emptive price cuts, they lose $20. But they are doing it, as if they let AMD make a year or two fat profits, they will soon ramp up to 25-30 of the Pentium capacity, and they will then lose more. Who else makes the Apple chips other than Motorola(not the ones that modify Motorola dice) Bill

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