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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Yousef who wrote (47325)1/25/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: kash johal  Read Replies (3) of 1571407
 
Yousef,

Re: Pentium ID flash .

Yousef, would welcome your thoughts on the cost impact to INTC of the Pentium ID. Paul has stated that this is a flash based structure.

To my knowledge Flash adds several masking layers and adds to defect density for the overall chip. In the commercial foundry market Flash wafers run 20-30% more expensive than Logic wafers.

This seems like a heavy price to pay just to have the ID.

Do you know of any other reasons Intel may be adding flash to the CPU process.

A "bi-partisan" factual answer would be appreciated.

Regards,

Kash
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