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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (100959)	3/16/2000 10:16:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

McMannis - Re: "How did the yields compare on those older chips compared to the Pentium IIIs and Celerons of today?" Although the processes were MUCH simpler and the die sizes were MUCH SMALLER, the yields at Intel on those early chips were probably only equivalent to what AMD gets today - 35 to 40% good die per wafer. At that time - early to mid 1970's - those were considered good - especially since Intel was the first company to get viable production on a Silicon Gate process. It wasn't until the late 1970s to mid 1980s that the Japanese demonstrated that yields of 80 to 90% (or higher) could actually be achieved in a production environment. It took Intel a long time to accept that and make essentially 90 to 100% as their goal - one they are still working hard to achieve. Re: "Is it true that Gordon Moore didn't see a PC as a home for an Intel chip?" More or less, that is true - but these were not called "PCs" back then - they were home computers - more of a "hobby" thing. Not until Apple became wildly successful was the concept of a PC appreciated - and it was too late for Intel to get that business. Too late until Intel won the IBM contract for the orginal IBM PC in 1980/1981. You know the rest. Paul