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To: Chris Carlson who wrote (75902)3/9/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Chris,

I think that I am hearing that AMD is perhaps not using a "disciplined circuit design methodology" to prevent/solve this problem

That may well be correct. I can only speculate.

It is surprising that, if the problem is similar to the one they have been encountering for some time, they have not figured this out.

As far as I can tell, there has only been one such problem mentioned by the company, and they claim it has been fixed.

Is the "delay chain in one of the paths" merely a quick work-around, or is AMD eventually going to either re-engineer the aspect of the production process that is causing the glitch?

Delay chains are a standard part of asynchronous circuits. K7 appears to have been architected (deep pipeline) to avoid the need for such circuitry. The 3-cycle L1 is an indicator of this.

I wonder what Intel's solution(s) to these issues were?

Wilamette reportedly has a very deep pipeline.

Could it be that in the rush to ramp-up corners were cut? If so, it would seem that Intel's market moves are pressuring not just AMD's pricing, but also their process.

Playing catch-up with Intel requires aggressive circuit design, particularly when hampered by an inferior manufacturing process technology.

Scumbria
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