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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (6443)	6/1/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) of 6843

>>"DEC gets over 400mhz with 0.35um process. Alpha would be much faster with better process technologies which neither DEC nor Samsung have."<< How the heck did you come up with such an ignorant conclusion? Given a simplest possible gate, the maximum frequency is about 600MHz. As Time Traveler remembers, Alpha was built on 3 layers of metal. Alpha engineers traded better power management for silicon real estate. Even with less dense FETs, Alpha's die size is still very impressive, and that appeared to be a good trade-off. With 400MHz of operation, it is getting very close to the 600MHz limit (on the log scale). DEC has done an excellent job in the silicon arena but has been a cry-baby on the legal front. So, Kenny boy, you do not get a speed increase by adding more layers of metal! Time Traveler

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