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To: Maxwell who wrote (89934)	1/27/2000 1:50:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1572604

Maxwell all those Transistors draw DC current through those copper wires from Vcc so you are dropping more voltage across the Al leads than Cu, so you have to have a higher Vcc to compensate for R(leads) to keep the Vcc of the Transistors at a nominal value.(So Lower power is the best feature of copper) Copper will allow a lower Vcc feeding the CPU and its gang of transistors. I agree the difference isn't allot, but as we get above 800Mhz the differences will start to arise. Signal loss(power) of the Data is much greater when you exceed 900 Mhz and beyond. Milo Just some thoughts from a Wireless Engineer. My background is more buried in RF from 35Mhz all they why up 1800Mhz range. But I enjoy the banter.