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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (89413)	10/4/1999 12:56:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Cringe - re: "So you are saying that the K6-2 wasn't much cheaper than the PII, including the L2 cache AND cartridge???" I am absolutely saying that. The L2 cache and cartridge add costs - but in the VOLUMES Intel was cranking out - tens of millions per quarter - economies of scale click in and kept the added costs in check. And with a die size of 81 sq. mm., AMD was achieveing only 34% die yields at wafer sort by my calculations. This was EASILY a factor of TWO less than Intel's yields (per centage wise). Paul