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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (76596)	10/23/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573008

Jimmy, Re: 750 Athlons I see 2 possibilities: 1. Yields on 750s would be so low say 5-10% that they will wait for the 0.18 micron material to introduce 750/800's. They may be better off just shipping 750's and above using 0.18 micron silicon. With AMDs modest volumes I just cannot see them having two flavours of 750 - one 0.25 micron and another 0.18 micron. And remember that as all wafer starts are 0.18 for Athlon starting from now the lifetime of the 0.25 750's would be a mobth or two at best. This is the best case scenario and it maybe that they will be in shape to start ramping up the 0.18 parts out in a few weeks. 2. The other scenario is that they are running into an SRAM speed problem and that 750 and above will require 1/3 speed cache rams. In this case the 750 may not be much faster than a 700 with 1/2 speed cache. Just my thoughts, Regards kash