Allan,
You wrote:
...the SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR QUESTION: IS CYMER IN THE 0.25 MICRON EQUATION????????????????
Not yet. The mobile.25 micron chip, the Tillamook, is made with a mercury arc lamp. However, there is reason to believe that the Deschutes, the next generation desktop CPU, might be made with Cymer-powered steppers.
Which seguies [sp] nicely to the following WSJ article (see end):
Intel Affirms Merced Chip On Track For Production In '99
By Mark Boslet
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Dow Jones)--Intel Corp. (INTC) affirmed that its new generation Merced microprocessor is on schedule for production in 1999.
The Merced is a 64-bit chip developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HWP) that will sharply outperform today's families of Pentium processors for computers. Microprocessors are defined as 64-bit because they process data in chunks that are twice as long as those handled by 32-bit chips, making them faster.
Speaking at the Microprocessor Forum, Intel's Fred Pollack also said the chip giant was already at work on a generation of microprocessors to succeed Merced. This second-generation 64-bit chip will offer twice the performance of Merced and "will simply knock your socks off," said Pollack, director of processor planning for Intel's microprocessor group.
Intel expects the chip to be in production in 2001.
In his presentation, Pollack said Merced would be targeted toward high-end servers and workstations.
However, Intel will not abandon its 32-bit line of chips. The company plans its Deschutes chip as a successor to Pentium II. Deschutes will be made at 0.25 microns, Pollack said. |
