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To: hmaly who wrote (113686)	6/1/2000 1:38:00 PM
From: RDM	Respond to of 1573430

Harry; The article stated that AMD had a 1.5 ghz chip, but it did not state in detail why it thought so. Some people, not familiar with the details of a proper product release, may hear of a test and conclude that the product operates based on a single test of the the chips operating briefly at that speed. To be shipped as product it has to operate over a certain temperature range, over a certain voltage range, etc. These margins insure that chips reliably operate. I have seen many products that operate, but cannot be shipped as products due to reliability issues. This is not say that modifications cannot be made to correct the problems, they usually can. However, these minor changes frequently can take several months.