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To: jamok99 who wrote (49680)	8/2/2001 8:57:07 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 275872

re:SUN: We've done some early work on the Spice models so that Sun engineers could evaluate the technology, and together we've come to the conclusion that the advantages of SOI get smaller and smaller as you shrink [geometries]," Buss said. The economics of SUN workstations are not the same as PC's. A 20% increase in clock speed means perhaps 30% higher price per CPU in the workstation market. A 20% increase in clock speed means more like 60% increase in price in the PC market. Compare a 1.4G Tbird to a 1.2. Compare a 1.8G P4 to a 1.5. 20% is a very big deal in PC's. It could be the difference between profits and losses. Petz