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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kash johal who wrote (61012)	6/8/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573732

Re: "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." Kash, when Intel introduced their .25u process the first product was a Pentium for laptops. The new process provided a power savings while still providing good although not earth shaking performance. This gave Intel a pilot product to use as a process monitor, gathering valuable data on the process before moving their flagship on to a new unproven process. I think the 400MHz "dumb shrink Dixon" is intended for exactly the same purpose. Re: "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. " Wait until AMD has to deal with simultaneous switching problems on a 600MHz+ 64 bit BSB and a brand new process! Glad I'm not there! EP