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To: Process Boy who wrote (81355)	11/29/1999 2:53:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572417

PB, re:<Maybe this will put to rest wild speculation about huge jumps in Athlon MHz performance by going to .18> based on Anand's description of new 0.18u Athlon "K75" core: The K75 itself isn't much different from the K7 core; physically, it is a smaller die (102 mm^2 K75 core vs. 184 mm^2 K7 core) as a result of the 0.18-micron fabrication process but other than that the performance and features are identical. Actually Anand's comment is all about performance *per MHz of clock frequency, not about how much higher in MHz the new core will run. As for predicting the maximum speed of the Athlon 0.18u aluminum-interconnect process -- lets take Kash's suggestion and watch for the introduction of any 0.18 Athlons that can't* run at 750 MHz. Petz