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To: Big Dog who wrote (28113)	1/25/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) of 1572507

Darrell, K6's Low Yield and ISO-9000: This is all due to technology problem. K6's fabrication process has never been proven suitable for mass-production. And AMD never did perfect the intermediate steps progressing from K5 to K6. Such a quantum jump in process technology is just too much for any company to handle. Very likely Vhin Dham "walked out" of AMD had something to do with it. He was the top dog in the K6 team sold on IBM's process. Regarding that quality control process, I am sure any company of AMD's size would follow, especially ones involving in mass-production. ".if AMD could correct the usable product yield rate to an acceptable 80-85% rate that the company's profits would explode upwards" Dream on. That only exists in fairy tales or science fictions. John.

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