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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (183997)	4/6/2006 1:19:13 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Sarmad, Re: "Would the fabled APM (from AMD) be effective in this case ?" There are a number of different "strategies" for transferring a process. 1) Can match equipment, recipes, ... Copy Exactly (tm Intel) 2) Can use different equipment, but match physical metrics (material thicknesses, linewidth, etc ...) 3) Can match electrical specs such as scribeline test structures and SPICE models. Can then use same GDS artwork. 4) Can change design (GDS artwork) to compensate for different SPICE models and Fab process. As you move from 1->4, the risk goes up that yield and chip performance will not match between different Fabs. I believe that AMD "APM" would be used in conjunction with the #2 strategy of matching film thicknesses and dimensions. Re: "The result has been a shift of share from Intel to AMD." Intel has always been ahead on the process side. This includes a much overlooked advantage in yield, wafer size and thus manufacturing costs. I think Intel will use this to their advantage very soon to take back market share. Jimmy - very "soon". Make It So, Yousef

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