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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (56518)	4/27/1999 3:27:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) of 1571976

Craig - Re: "Other than the issue of yields, did I miss something?" Yes. The price TSMC charges for a wafer depends on the PROCESS - logic, EEPROM, FLASH, DRAM, etc. and the MINIMUM feature size, and the number of METAL layers, etc., and the VOLUME of wafers. You calculated an AVERAGE. That includes a lot of 0.35 and 0.5 micron wafers. To get the highest performance that TSMC has, you have to PAY MORE. And their highest performance will not match a single, dedicated wafer fab process - such as an IBM or AMD or Intel - for performance. Paul

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