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To: tejek who wrote (75579)10/15/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Respond to of 1572508
 
Ted, <I keep hearing that to get to 1 G, a chip will need at least copper interconnects...now its come up again with L. Smith from AMD saying the same thing.>

Maybe AMD themselves can't get to 1 GHz without copper.

Barrett already said that Intel will probably hit 1 GHz in the second half of 2000. (He said it in kind of a "By the way" tone.) Obviously Intel won't be using copper interconnect by that time.

Tenchusatsu



To: tejek who wrote (75579)10/15/1999 1:28:00 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572508
 
Re: "BTW I am curious. I keep hearing that to get to 1 G, a chip will need at least copper interconnects...now its come up again with L. Smith from AMD saying the same thing. However, if I remember correctly, you thought copper was not necessary to hit that speed. Can you or anyone else on the thread explain the divergence of opinion on this issue?"

That's an easy one. On this issue, Intel is right. AMD is wrong.

THE WATSONYOUTH


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