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To: Michael DaKota who wrote (70010)	8/26/1999 3:39:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1573852

<intel allready raised the voltage from 1.8 to 2.0> Michael, these Intel PR people on S.I would not stop harassing you unless you provide a link. Here it is: intel.com "All of the benchmarks discussed in this section are based on 1.8V transistor test conditions, and the P854 reference assumes the P854 and P856 run under nominal 2.5V and 1.8V conditions. To enable further performance enhancement, the reliability characterization of P856 was converted to a 2.0V nominal criteria." Therefore they admit that the original Intel P856 process did not meet performance goals, and they have to jack voltage up. As you know, all this "reliability characterizations" are very streachable, but 0.2V jump over the nominal 1.8V is apparently bigger in %% than 2.2 to 2.4V. I wonder where our RAS "expert" Tony Viola was when promoting extreme reliability of Pentiums while talking trash about K6. Now take into account that the P856 was subject to two 5% shrinks since then, which does not increase the reliability either. Therefore the current 2.05V must be considered as an extraordinary measure in total desperation to out-mhz Athlons. Take care, - Ali