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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (81605)	12/1/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583848

Jim, RE: and has tightened its testing procedures to minimise Sounds like they will be burning some chips. Such a procedure to test for that specific bug that is intermittent will certainly cut yields and slow the rate of shipping as they lose production in two ways. Bill

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (81605)	12/1/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583848

<an Intel representative has confirmed there is a problem with Coppermine processors and said the bug will be fixed in the next stepping > Grind time. I wonder if this could be stressing PB out. <Intel, he says, has discovered the root cause of the problem and has tightened its testing procedures to minimise problems. > This gotto be a nightmare on the test and qual guys. Imagine all those folks trying to find out batch sensitivity and see which lots needs to be rescreened and testing to see if the screen works! No wonder there are still very very few CuMines out there and these new rumors about Dell. P.S.: It is kind of ironic that I was saying just yesterday that companies don't tell the stockholders about problems until it is late. It is probably safe to say that a whole bunch of people in the info loop (employees, customer, competitors) were tinkering with INTC over the last few days. P.P.S.: Intel's Q4 may now officially be shot unless they cancel December price cuts or unless there is some miracle else where in the organization (including the accounting department)