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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (42972)	12/8/1998 2:40:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) of 1573485

McMannis - Re: ".but is there any reason to believe that yields on the K7 will be a lot less than on the K6-2 where they are "reportedly" well over 50%? " I'll answer this question in a rhetorical fashion. The K6-2 is 81 sq. mm and the Sharpy is 117 sq. mm. AMD is having troubles with the Sharpy - it's late and is targeted at "notebooks" since it appears AMD can't make it cheap enough for Desktop applications. Now, the K7 is HUGE compared to Sharpy - 184 vs 117 - and Sharpy is already TOO big for AMD to make in sufficient yields/volumes. This is GOOD ENOUGH reason to suspect that the K7 is going to be a low yield device in 0.25 micron technology. Paul-

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