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To: kash johal who wrote (62398)	6/19/1999 12:54:00 AM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572922

<Kash - re: The solution may be to brute force the process another 10-15% as their isn't time to completely redo the design coupled with limited metal fixes.> Kash, Intel was planning to take 0.18u all the way to the GHz range. If they "brute force" the process now to get to 600 MHz, how will this affect their ability to reach 1 GHz later next year? Kap.

To: kash johal who wrote (62398)	6/19/1999 2:14:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1572922

Re: "The solution may be to brute force the process another 10-15% as their isn't time to completely redo the design coupled with limited metal fixes." From what Paul posted over on the Intel thread, this seems to be what Intel will do. Doesn't this put Intel in the same position as AMD late last year--pushing the process envelope too hard? What could be the impact on yields? Kevin