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To: Yousef who wrote (69560)	8/22/1999 7:07:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke	Respond to of 1574069

Please explain - I thought that AMD was just deploying a process developed by IBM/Motorola? Any hasn't Fab 30 been producing prototype chips for some time now as part of the bedding in process? What would you have AMD do differently in terms of adopting the Cu process?

To: Yousef who wrote (69560)	8/23/1999 3:21:00 AM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574069

Yousef, This is very true ... However Pravin, do you really want to be "learning" and "experimenting" with Copper on production CPU's. This "might" cause significant delivery problems for customers. A better way would be to understand and characterize the Copper process BEFORE manufacturing. The German process engineers in Dresden are transferring the copper process from Motorola. This does not say that they won't have any ramp issues, but they certainly are not "experimenting" and "learning" from scratch. Also, they have the great fallback position of 0.18u Al in Austin. Personally, I like their strategy, and I have voted for it with my pocket book. Pravin.