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To: Dan3 who wrote (106455)	7/31/2000 9:46:34 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Pentium III appears to have hit a pretty hard wall at 1GHZ. By using microcode to add wait states it runs at a nominal 1.13GHZ, but it looks like 933 was the end of the road for any volume production at .18" Dan there's a real NiceGuy over on the AMD thread who insisted Intel had hit the wall at 650MHz. You are as wrong as he was. I suspect that not only will 1.133GHz be manufacturable, it may not be the top end for .18u. Stay Tuned!!! EP

To: Dan3 who wrote (106455)	8/1/2000 12:20:12 AM
From: semiconeng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

How's it going with those copper FABs Intel thought it didn't need but is suddenly racing to build? Will they be ready by Q4? Q2 of 01? Q4 of 01? How about Q2 of 2002? Dan Dan, I hate to burst your bubble, but copper fabs don't need to be "built". Fabs are not designed for one specific process, or another, they're designed based on level of cleanliness. A Class 100 Cleanroom can have no more that 100 particles > 100 microns, per cubic foot of airspace, a class 10 can't have more than 10 particles >10 microns in size, and the highest designation, is Class 1, which is having no more than 1 particle > 1 micron in size per cubic foot. Today, intel Fabs, that are already reported to be class 1, are Fab11, Fab12, Fab17, Fab18, IFO, (Ireland F10/F14), and both Development Sites D1B and D2. :-) SemiconEng