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To: maui_dude who wrote (115303)	10/31/2000 1:35:22 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re : "Will McKinley debut on .13um?" absolutely should have IMO. case in point Itanium, P4 (on .18 and not .25) and Tualatin. I noticed that you didn't answer the question about why sledgehammer on .18 and not .13. Due to chip size, power constraints, competitiveness, etc., neither Itanium or P4 would be possible on .25um. I believe the Sledgehammer and McKinley designs started WELL over a year ago.It is quite possible (depending on the extent of the changes) that Tualatin design began perhaps only early this year. You really need a reasonable device model, some simple circuit performance data, reasonably accurate process assumptions, and a set of ground rules to start a meaningful new design. I doubt either AMD or Intel had all these for .13um well over a year ago. However, the timing might have been right for Tualatin. But ....who knows??? pure speculation, THE WATSONYOUTH