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To: Dan3 who wrote (72450)	9/20/1999 2:15:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1573076

Re: "Where will Intel get its static RAM?" Intel has been quietly manufacturing it's own SRAMs. EP

To: Dan3 who wrote (72450)	9/20/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Monica Detwiler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573076

Dan3- Your question 'AMD won't have a problem building all the high speed cache it needs. Where will Intel get its static RAM?' I believe Intel is integrating all their new high speed Level 2 cache SRAM onto their Coppermine and Cascades CPU - 256K and 2 Meg, respectively. The Level 2 Cache then runs at FULL processor speed - over 700 MHz I believe - and no extra SRAM chips or extra assembly operations are required. With a 700 MHz Coppermine Level 2 cache running at 700 MHz, how do you predict the performance of this chip with a 700 MHz Athlon running with a 233 MHz (700/3) or 350 MHz (700/2) Level2 cache ? Monica