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To: Process Boy who wrote (72141)9/17/1999 6:17:00 PM
From: Charles R  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572689
 
PB,

<Cu at .18 provides minimal performance boost at best, IMO, and remains a dubious prospect until proven otherwise. Sorry Copper fans. >

That was a pretty nice hedged statment! But, let me ask you this - is it a professional opinion or is it based on Paul's comments about problems at Dresden?

If it based on Paul's comments,let me say that all other reports about Dresden are pretty upbeat. There may be a positive upside here! So, the alternative way to look at this situation, if PB is working for AMD could be:
Cu at .18 provides a nice performance boost, IMO, and is a bright prospect once AMD overcomes production challenges. Sorry Al fans. ;-)

Chuck



To: Process Boy who wrote (72141)9/17/1999 11:43:00 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572689
 
Re: More IBM Cu hype...

Any advantage due to copper in MCMs may lie more in the reduction in heat dissipation than any speed increase. Remember, they used to have to water cool those things.

(I know, the change to cmos from ECL is the original reason, but keeping things that way isn't easy)

Performance of this 390 iteration was a major upside surprise.

Dan


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