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To: kash johal who wrote (93146)	2/15/2000 12:57:00 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571054

Re: "Where do you think the current stepping and distribution. I have assumed 650Mhz with +/- 30% is where they are yielding now." I believe the original stepping was centered near 780MHz +/- 12.5%.(not including guardband) From overclockers.com I see virtually nothing below 670MHz and virtually nothing above 890MHz (at 1.65V with std. cooling and not including guardband) This would fit the current situation including a distinct scarcity of 800MHz shippable parts. A +/-30% distribution for the same stepping would indicate terrible process control. Maybe my +/-12.5% distribution is a bit too tight, but I think worse case is +/- 15%. I expect the next stepping to center at (at least) 940MHz (not including guardband) If they don't reach at least that, they are in trouble. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. THE WATSONYOUTH