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To: Mani1 who wrote (73935)	10/5/1999 6:40:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

Mani, re: <If Athlon 700 is based on a tweaked core or slightly different process, then what happens to lower speed grades (from the same line) like 600 and 650? Aren't these chips benefit from these changes as well thus dissipating less heat? So are we looking at two different Athlon 650? One on the older process/core and one for the new one? > IMHO, all the speed grades will benefit from whatever changes that were made to the process/core to reduce power dissipation. AMD's updated Application Notes for the Mobo designers shows a revised spec of 35amps for the Max Icc (before, it was 42amps - ~16% improvement!). As per AMD, the 35amps recommendation has enough room to allow designers to support future processors on the same motherboard. The 35 Amps spec is also well above the high Icc requirements of Athlons from the old process. Athlons from the old/new process will work equally well on any newer motherboards that are designed with the revised Icc spec (note that, there are no changes in any of the voltage specs.) From the user point view, Athlons from old/new process wouldn't make any difference as there would be no Mobo ICC compatibility issues. Regards, Goutama