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To: fuchi who wrote (3392)	11/29/1996 5:10:00 PM
From: Harry K. Ahn	of 1579075

Fuchi and all, here is another relatively positive story on K6. The die size is confirmed by analysts to be 162 mm2 which is actually smaller than K5! I find this hard to believe since K6 has nearly twice the number of transistors as K5 and they are both produced on .35 micron technology. Is the 5 metal layer on K6 that much more efficient? techweb.com P.S. I understand the 5 metal layer technology is extremely complicated requiring lots of CMP (chemical mechanical polishing/planarization). To date, I only know of IBM who has successfully manufactured such parts and AMD is attempting the 5 metal layer for the first time. I think Intel is still using 4 layer although they might go to 5 metal soon. Are there others who have this technology? One analyst in the article said the k6 can be produced at $60-70/chip. Do you have any idea what yield rate that price is based? Sorry for the ramble but these are important issues since I think announcement of "volume ship" by AMD can move the stock a great deal. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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