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To: Elmer who wrote (119878)	7/10/2000 8:48:25 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574880

re:"Time to start worrying AMD fans? produce 5,000 Pentium 4 wafers" Nope, They don't even need a dumpster to put them in. Shouldn't be a problem. steve

To: Elmer who wrote (119878)	7/10/2000 9:15:02 AM
From: EricRR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574880

Elmer- How long does it take to switch making one type of chip to another? Also, how long will it take to finish the chips once the wafers start? Apparently, there's only one stepper at Fab 18 capable of etching P4 wafers, so it looks like at least one employee is in for some serious overtime. What is a stepper? Does Intel have other plants with the same kind of steppers?

To: Elmer who wrote (119878)	7/10/2000 9:24:04 AM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 1574880

Fuddy: Re: "Chipzilla has ordered its plant in Israel, Fab 18, to drop everything and produce 5,000 Pentium 4 wafers - each containing around 200 little P4s - within six weeks." Comment: Trusting that the gap between the above INTC directives (panicky in tone(?)) and actual production of meaningful quantities isn't as wide as the one that has existed between the 700 MHz PWeeiii directive issued in October '99 and production of any meaningful quantities!!!