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To: Burt Masnick who wrote (73857)	10/4/1999 11:09:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572437

Burt, <"Yields very well" at AMD could be below the minimal acceptable at Intel.> PB, the resident Intel process expert, had a theory. I think he said something like "AMD's bin splits at 650 are about a third of what Intel would consider necessary to launch a product". Now, within couple of months after AMD is delivering 700MHz at volume to two large OEMs and many second and third tier players. Doesn't it sound like there is a problem with these yield/bin split theories? You may also want to consider the rumors that 750s (or higher) are expected to be launched at CuMine introduction. Chuck P.S.: The comments on this thread about AMD yields are based on few highly public failures on K5 and K6 which had to do with stretching the design to meet specs that they were never designed for. Outside of processors, AMD does a lot of highly competitive low margin business - profitably. These guys know a thing or two about yields.