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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (49803)2/16/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: kash johal  Read Replies (2) of 1577178
 
Jimmy,

>Re:A 1.6v core voltage for the K7 would mean that AMD has, at that >point, superior process technology to Intel (1.8v), per Uselesses
>(Yousef) rule of thumb. No wonder this article perked up PREngels >eyes...

I think the paper is quite clear.
The chip is powered at 2.5V.

They are just generating the 1.6V via a regulator to power the PLL.

Powering the whole chip internally makes no sense at all as it would cause too many power problems.

So at least the version they are talking about here seems to be the standard AMD 0.25 micron process.

Now we know there is a 0.22 and also a 0.18 micron process.

So who the hell knows what this all means.

But your conclusion regarding AMD process being ahead of Intels based on this article is not sustainable.

Regards,

Kash
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