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To: John Koligman who wrote (103872)	6/2/2000 4:41:00 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 186894

Dear John: artificial intelligence Thought we already had a lot of that around here. (gg) JDN

To: John Koligman who wrote (103872)	6/2/2000 4:47:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

So let me get this straight (re: CNET article on Willamette): 1) Willamette will have lower profit margins because the die size is rumored to be at 170 mm2. (Never mind that AMD's savior, the Athlon, debuted at 180 mm2, and it didn't even have an on-die cache.) 2) "No one in the volume PC space today needs a 1-GHz processor," [Keith] Diefendorff said. "It's just useless." (Funny how absolutely no one was saying this when AMD bragged about being the first to 1 GHz.) Is it just me, or does Intel continue to get unfair treatment from the press? Tenchusatsu

To: John Koligman who wrote (103872)	6/2/2000 4:52:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

John - Re: "Willamette, Intel's next-generation desktop processor expected to emerge later this year, will debut at 170 square millimeters, " For reference, the Pentium II was 203 sq. mm. on a 0.35 micron process when first introduced in 1997. Yields on this were superb. The 170 sq. mm. Willamette die size is 15% SMALLER than the original Pentium II - and Intel's yields have IMPROVED over the past 3 years as their fab processing has improved. When the Willamette hits high volume production next year, the NEW $2 BILLION Fab in Arizona should be coming on stream - with the new one in Rio Rancho due about 6 or 8 months later - for greatly increased fab capacity. Paul