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To: Elmer who wrote (61007)	6/8/1999 5:29:00 PM
From: fyo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

EP: their product catalog lists them as Q2 production I honestly don't think AMD will get this so-called 'Viper' K7 out before Q4 - at the earliest. Anyway, what I really wanted to ask was: These are SRAMs. Can you just double-pump any old SRAM? How much more difficult is it to make SRAMs that can be double-pumped? -fyodor

To: Elmer who wrote (61007)	6/8/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

Elmer, Re: ""Looks like Intel has developed the worlds slowest 0.18 micron process." Kash, this is getting dumb. If you don't understand the significance of the 1.3 volts then I'm not going to try and explain it to you." I was not trying to be "dumb" about it - sorry if you felt that way. The facts seem to be that AMD's latest twist on their 0.25 micron process is as fast or faster than Intels newest 0.18 micron process. As evidenced by its 380Mhz KIII laptop chips and forthcoming 600Mhz K7. Either Intel has a lot of room in the process and 400Mhz and 600Mhz Coppermines will indeed be rapidly replaced by 600Mhz laptops and 800Mhz desktops or something is limiting the CPU performance. I understand that coupling between signals is a major problem at 0.18 micron - so it could be more than just an altruistic desire on Intels part to introduce slow/lower power chips. I suspect that they are some speed/noise problems that are limiting the high end chips - just my best guess - cetainly fixable with some metal routing changes. Regards, Kash J.