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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (45946)1/14/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: Yousef  Read Replies (1) of 1578431
 
Elmer,

Re: "I can't figure out what a "mask problem" is. It just sounds like another
smoke screen ..."

I believe that AMD is referring to a change in the mask to fix a speedpath
problem. The design and process interact to determine the "speed distribution"
of a given design. Obviously, AMD does not have much speed margin with
their current 400mhz part. This can be improved by changing the process
(increase Idsat, lower R & C ...) or changing the design. If just one or two
speedpaths are what is limiting the 400mhz distribution, then it makes sense
to change the design. Also it is obvious that AMD was forced to hastily
put the 400mhz K6-2 into production. This might work short term (long enough
for AMD insiders to sell), but will not work long term.

Hope this helps.

Make It So,
Yousef
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