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To: Charles R who wrote (72148)9/17/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: kapkan4u  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572207
 
<Does it make sense to you that Mot is trying to take a share in Dresden, if in fact Cu at 0.18 does not offer any advantage or if it is not production-worthy?>

Just wait until Paul informs Motorola about the Cu contamination. They will change their mind in a heartbeat.

Kap



To: Charles R who wrote (72148)9/17/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: Process Boy  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572207
 
Charles - <Does it make sense to you that Mot is trying to take a share in Dresden, if in fact Cu at 0.18 does not offer any advantage or if it is not production-worthy?>

It makes sense for MOT to use the available capacity of an already built facility that uses its underperforming HiPerMOS process to make cell phone chips. Probably good deal for AMD also to mitigate some of the expense of Dresden.

PB