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To: Joe NYC who wrote (102800)4/7/2000 1:18:00 AM
From: kash johal  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575719
 
Joe,

re: why qualify SRAM

Several reasons:

1. SRAM is basically a regular structure. So finding process weakspots and yield killers is easier.

2. Newer processors with integrated L1 and L2 have well over 50% of CPU area devoted to SRAM blocks. So it is important to verify that the SRAM design is good, fast and high yielding.

regards,

Kash



To: Joe NYC who wrote (102800)4/7/2000 1:23:00 AM
From: Charles R  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575719
 
Joe,

<what is AMD doing with SRAM? >

It is a good qualification vehicle. And, should AMD choose to productize, I also see some interesting possibilities for high speed SRAMs in communication applications as well as L3 caches. SRAM market is real tight right now and a high speed SRAM could be a high margin product.

Chuck



To: Joe NYC who wrote (102800)4/7/2000 1:37:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1575719
 
Joe,

The EETimes and Register stories did not seem to be inconsistent to me. I have found the Register to generally be an extremely reliable source of information, though I think you are correct about the wrong usage of the term "synchronous" in the Register article.

The recent instability of T-Bird would explain the 600 MHz sample being benchmarked by JC.

BTW:I was doing a search for JC, and found a pretty funny site:
extra.newsguy.com

Scumbria


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