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To: Yousef who wrote (118313)6/29/2000 1:59:00 PM
From: dougSF30  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578012
 
This anti-copper argument is so tired.

(1) Haven't we heard 10 times over that the biggest reason for going to copper at .18u is to gain experience about that process, making the shrink to .13u that much less complicated? (As opposed to Intel's all-in-one conversion plans.)

(2) I expect the copper Athlons *do* have more headroom than their Austin counterparts, and you may well see 1100 MHz chips soon-- whether these will be exclusively copper remains to be seen. But the major point here is: There's little motivation for AMD to ship chips clocked fast enough to reveal any benefits of copper at .18u as long as Intel can't ship anything over 866 MHz in volume.

Oh, and Paul, Re: AthWipers -- tell us again how you're long AMD (!) I could use a little humor today.

Doug



To: Yousef who wrote (118313)6/29/2000 7:51:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1578012
 
Yousef - Re: "Seems like there were at least two on this thread that disagreed
with the hype. <ggg>"

Yep.

Intel has the Pentium III at 1.13 GHz - and NO STINKING COPPER !!!

techweb.com

Intel To Debut 1.13-GHz Pentium III On July 31

Paul