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To: Paul Engel who wrote (75940)	10/18/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580105

Paul, Umm.. Fab 25 doesn't run only CPUs... And I'm not sure that AMD would have had a full months run rate if they were having problems selling the K6-2 they were making. Regards, Steve

To: Paul Engel who wrote (75940)	10/19/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580105

<Re: ""What does your model show for yields if you plug in 6Mu K6-2 for output - which is what AMD did in Q2." They show 35% - almost EXACTLY what I calculated 9 months ago (34%). - 4000 wafers/week * 13 weeks - 81 sq. mm. die size - 85% of 8" wafer has complete die sites. You do the math !> So, the assumption is that Fab25 does nothing but K6-2. I wonder how valid that assumption is. I am pretty sure AMD runs other stuff on the same lines (I am ignoring the small quantity of K6-3s and K7s with larger dies). More likely, you have established a lower-limit for the yields. P.S.: Anyone on the thread have any idea what % of Fab 25 is used for PC processors?