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To: Elmer who wrote (111731)	5/21/2000 4:04:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571929

Hello Elmer, Re: Intel is still manufacturing the 440BX in very high volume and it eats up a lot of fab capacity. It's on a .35u process... Still using 0.35 over at ntel??? And you aren't worried??? Time and progress are passing both you and ntel by. CrazyMan

To: Elmer who wrote (111731)	5/21/2000 5:03:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571929

Elmer, isn't .35u what the original Pentium Pro was fabbed in? Did Intel convert those lines to the BX instead of upgrading them when the PPro was phased out? The BX must have went into production at about the time the processor lines were going to .25u, not? It makes sense in a way, getting a couple more years production out of old tooling. This somewhat confirms a hunch I had, the chipset business is sort of a loss leader. Regardless of how much silicon area is actually in there, producing those 500 pin packages can't be particularly cheap. Cheers, Dan