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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (64909)	7/12/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: Yougang Xiao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579893

Swift response to Fab 30 manager replacement -- Good Job, AMD! biz.yahoo.com Very good, and timely response on AMD's part contain any damage, if any, resulting from Jack S' resignation. Please note, the new manager, Jim Doran, was the guy was sent to Fab 25 last year when 0.25 transation was in trouble. Doran is the right guy for the right job!

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (64909)	7/12/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579893

<Even though those processors sell at low prices, the K6-2 will only take up about 46mm2 of space so it should theoretically be cheap to make, IF AMD's .18 process is up to par.> Once the die size becomes very small a shrink is typically not worth the effort. The product cost is dominated by the material cost of the package. A plastic package will cost $6 to $ 10, while a ceramic package like the one used by K-6 will cost $15 to $30. However with the K-63 and K-7 which have huge chips, the saving in chip cost becomes very significant. K-63 and K-7 on 0.18micron are worth the headaches and cost of transition. The higher MHZ on 0.18 for K-6 will not improve performance since the CPU will become memory starved.The transition on K-6 would make sense if AMD wanted to stop the lines on 0.25 and consolidate wafer fab processes on 0.18.