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To: Joe NYC who wrote (108334)	4/28/2000 5:22:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1570862

Joe, > I don't know what the shiny object surrounding the chip are, but I am sure they have nothing to do with cache. The cache is on die itself. Those objects may be some capacitors or something. They don't appear to be high enough to have a contact with the heatsink. I'm sure the shiny things are surface mount capacitors. You are absolutely right about the height. It seems they have a heavy porous, naturally black colored type material(ceramic?) glued over the chip cavity (for better disposal of heat?) instead of a gold plated piece of metal sheet soldered to the plating on the package. Goutama