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To: Paul Engel who wrote (70585)	9/1/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573962

<What I am saying is that, if this is true, the Kmart 63 will be delayed EVEN FURTHER than it already has been - due to severe Fab 30 problems.> Given the current pricing trends, by the time Dresden ramps (especially if the rumors on Dresden are true), K6-3 will probably be irrelevant in pretty much everything except the lowest-end or laptop segments. This gotto be the sorriest of all the products that AMD launched in the last couple of years.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (70585)	9/1/1999 9:31:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1573962

Petz - Re: ", the news that K6-3 will be produced in Dresden, not Austin -- and that it will use the 0.18 copper process rather than the 0.18 Al process -- is brand new, yet you choose to ignore it." Engel - Re: " What I am saying is that, if this is true, the Kmart 63 will be delayed EVEN FURTHER than it already has been - due to severe Fab 30 problems." Just a note - maybe not significant, but ??? The PPCs Motorola delivered to Apple for their G4s appear to be from a .25um technology and NOT .18um as they previously advertized. It's a 1.8V process (10.5 million devices) at 83mm2. The G3 predecessor from IBM was 40mm2 (6.5 million devices) in .25um technology. Adding AtliVec instructions approximatalLy doubled the size of the chip. So this is not a .18um process.(at least not in the BEOL) If not, then AMD will be scheduled to produce .18um Cu BEOL processors before their mentor Motorola does it. Ready - Fire - Aim THE WATSONYOUTH