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To: Charles R who wrote (61452)6/11/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571473
 
Chuck,

And the reasoning behind this is....

The amount of work required to hand place the cells must have been phenomenal. I can't imagine them making any significant changes. It is possible that their libraries have better compacted cells in 0.18u.

Scumbria




To: Charles R who wrote (61452)6/11/1999 12:26:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1571473
 
Re: "I don't think so. It is unlikely that they are moving anything around for the shrink to 0.18u ."

You've got to be kidding. You mean to say they won't use a 6th metal layer?

EP