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To: Paul Engel who wrote (61895)	6/16/1999 9:01:00 AM
From: Rob Young	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571871

Re: "So what is your point re: copper?" > If Compaq is rapidly trying to get "copper" for the Alpha, they must > know something that you don't know. They know a lot I don't know. Don't read too much into rapidly getting to copper. EV67 is shipping in volume in .28 aluminum... boxes based on EV67 show up in the next few weeks. You can order an EV67 uplift for the GS160/GS80 today (aka 8400/8200). As you know, there are great advantages to copper. Higher performance and lower cost. Intel realizes this hence their .13 micron copper. Samsung anticipates binning 1100 MHz parts in .18 copper, 1000 MHz in alum. Again, the IBM/Samsung/Compaq Alpha intrigue is apparently still being played out. I don't know all the ins and outs. But if you think about it, IBM would be a more attractive option in some ways. Would give them an excuse to ditch the underwhelming PowerPC arch. They certainly would love to not line Intel's pockets and have an architecture they could "own". If you look at Alpha futures (21464 aka Arana especially) Alpha has plenty of headroom over and above Madilyn and McNuggets and DeerTick also. Rob