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To: Jens M. Ottow who wrote (62491)	6/20/1999 7:47:00 AM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574267

<JO - re: . The K7 core is completely synthesized and the mask sets generated via place and route. ... I believe my source is reliable.> I believe that Dirk Meyer said just the opposite in his presentation. Namely that no synthesis tools were used and the placement was done by hand. Besides, how can you tell that the core was synthesized just by looking at the sample? Kap.

To: Jens M. Ottow who wrote (62491)	6/20/1999 10:03:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574267

Jens, Did someone notice this posting on the Yahoo thread? Any comments? This was interesting post. The poster seemed to have very good understanding of methodology and it's implications, yet the information about K7 is inconsistent with Dirk's comments. On the other hand- how on earth did AMD get K7 done so quickly? Clearly there is a piece missing from the K7 story. Scumbria

To: Jens M. Ottow who wrote (62491)	6/20/1999 10:12:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1574267

RE:"It seems that Intel was able to obtain a sample of the K7 which they took no time in trying to reverse engineer."... Spies everywhere. I still don't know why Intel would want to steal a K7 since it's supposed to be such an inferior chip. Is all the FUD wrong here? <G> Jim