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To: Petz who wrote (82304)	12/8/1999 12:08:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577030

John, I'm trying to make some sense out of your post but I need a little help. What's your point? I said that imho AMD's quality standards were near if not equal to Intel's. You disagreed. The only other possibility is that AMD's standards are superior, yet you present no argument to support that. you said: "From Intel's SPEC SHEET FOR COPPERMINE: "These values are specified at nominal Vcc core for the processor core..." (footnote 1 on page 50, Thermal Specifications at ftp://download.intel.com/design/PentiumIII/datashts/24445204.pdf) "Max Icc measurements are measured at Vcc nominal voltage..." (footnote 20 on page 28, Electrical Specifications) page 28 (Electrical Specifications) So Intel uses the nominal power supply voltages, while, as you already noted, AMD uses the maximum supply voltage to specify Iccmax." I don't understand what you are trying to say. While AMD uses the maximum supply voltage to specify Iccmax they still use nominal voltage to specify power, so where does that leave your argument? The best possible interpretation is that AMD's standards regarding power specifications are no worse yet you disagreed with my statement that their quality standards are near or equal. Doesn't make sense. EP