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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (46439)	1/18/1999 12:11:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (3) of 1571933

Re: "If it was a design problem, wouldn't it have hurt their ability to make ANY K6-2s?" What is being debated here is, what kind of speed path "mask problem" could be fixed in just the top metal layers, when it clearly didn't affect their ability to produce slower product? No one has presented a reasonable case, imho. The only reasonable use of the term "late mask problem" would suggest a mask vendor related defect in one or more or the top metal layer mask plates. This doesn't seem likely in view of what you point out, it didn't prevent yield to slower speeds. It is more likely that it was a design or layout related problem that was fixed on one or more or the top metal layers. It's easy to blame the mask plates when you are talking to a roomful of financial analysts. This seems like a real kludge to me as a real fix probably have included lower level mask plates as well. EP

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