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To: Scumbria who wrote (66912)	7/29/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576858

Scumbria - RE: "Imagine how much fun we will have when Intel starts jacking up Coppermine's voltage!" Remember, Intel jacked up the voltage of the PIII from 1.8 volts to 2.0 volts, even though they SHRUNK the process/die/whatever 5%! Notice how Paul hasn't talked about the K6-2/III's voltage increase since I posted this info to this thread some time ago?! FWIW, I sill don't care about voltage increases. I am just pointing out that jacking up the voltage is another thing Intel has done which AMD did and got lambasted about.

To: Scumbria who wrote (66912)	7/29/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Respond to of 1576858

Re. "That is why Intel will have to pull all the stops to keep up with K7 MHz. Imagine how much fun we will have when Intel starts jacking up Coppermine's voltage!" Will COPPERMINE be released as a 1.5V process in a desktop? Based on Intel's published 20A gate oxide thickness for the .18um generation, I am not sure a higher voltage is possible which still meets a 10 year lifetime requirement. Perhaps INTEL has tweaked their reliability model or perhaps they have a magical gate oxide recipe which gives better reliability at 20A. Both are entirely possible. THE WATSONYOUTH