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To: Mani1 who wrote (6136)8/22/2000 5:23:14 PM
From: Pravin KamdarRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 275872
 
Albert Yu is a liar. He stated at the Spring IDF that Willamette was only slightly bigger than Coppermine.

Pravin.



To: Mani1 who wrote (6136)8/22/2000 5:25:44 PM
From: chic_hearneRespond to of 275872
 
Re: 217mm2...Thats shocking...Hope its true

Mani,

Another hidden positive in this is capacity for Intel. Fewer good processors per wafer means that Intel will be pumping out fewer chips with todays capacity. Of course Intel is adding more over the next few years, but hopefully the ANALysts are smart enough to see this. Maybe it will settle some of their fears about overcapacity.

chic



To: Mani1 who wrote (6136)8/22/2000 5:30:42 PM
From: kash johalRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 275872
 
Mani,

I am pleased at this news.

Coupled with the dual rdram channels.

AMD will own majority of high end desktop till mid 2001 at least.

regards,

Kash



To: Mani1 who wrote (6136)8/22/2000 6:13:06 PM
From: TechieGuy-altRespond to of 275872
 
>>Elmer said "lights out" when Willamette arrives.

>> Of course Willamette's die size had been available to Intel's partners for a long time, apparently most of even Intel's "employees" on SI did not know about the
die size.


Maybe he was refering to the power consumption of the chip and he meant "light out" literally! when you powered it on :)

TG



To: Mani1 who wrote (6136)8/22/2000 6:20:45 PM
From: CirruslvrRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
Mani,

With the current die shrink, the PIII is 90 sq mm. That makes Willy 2.4X larger than the PIII!

One thing about the die size is that since it is so huge, I wonder if there any chance Intel may not have disclosed some features yet? Willy is 127 sq mm larger than PIII and may have slightly more cache than PIII. Maybe the SSE2 takes up a LOT of die space, or is it just because of the 20 stage pipeline? Scumbria?