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To: Paul Engel who wrote (114219)10/18/2000 12:02:37 AM
From: Andrew Shih  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul,

How many fabs do you need? I just hope that Intel doesn't
overbuild. Of course, with the P4 at 217mm, you're going
to need a lot of fabs.

BTW, AMD's FAB 25 & FAB 30 together will be able to output
10+ million chips per quarter next year.

In an ideal world, Intel would switch a bunch of
manufacturing from P3 to P4. Thus, output is 1/2 w/
a lot more $ per chip. Meanwhile AMD will also rake in
the money with 20-25% of the market. This is how a
Duopoly is supposed to work :) It should be money for all!

In the spring, the INTC/AMD chip lineup will be:

P4 1.4 Ghz+
Athlon 1.2 to 1.5 DDR
P3 800 to 1.13 Ghz
Duron 800 to 1000 Ghz
Celeron 600-850 Ghz

More competition in the Mobile/Server markets is going
to be great for the consumer.



To: Paul Engel who wrote (114219)10/18/2000 12:43:00 AM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Imagine this - Intel has 6 wafer fabs in production at 0.18 micron today

You need something competitive to produce in the FAB, otherwise it's just a depreciating asset about as useful as goodwill.

P4 better have decent IPC and scale as promised (and work) - otherwise Intel will be selling those new FABs to AMD at a loss.

:-)

Dan