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To: burn2learn who wrote (52461)	8/25/2001 12:18:33 AM
From: burn2learn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

one thing that bothers me about the naysayers of SOI and IBM technology is that the have pioneered some very important techniques that are widely used today. CMP and C4 flip chip. Without CMP litho would not be able to produce that performance they now enjoy. I'm new to semiconductors so please don't attack my short list...I'm sure there are other examples. was AMD first to introduce flip chip (before Intel)....i think so. burn2learn

To: burn2learn who wrote (52461)	8/25/2001 11:43:45 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

RE:"If CPU's are only ~10-$20 to make why don't we have dual core systems. It would save packaging cost I assume (over packaging two). What stops this from happening? " Good question. Ask Jerry what happened to the sledgehammer... Jim

To: burn2learn who wrote (52461)	8/27/2001 11:03:44 AM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

b2l re: Is it the fact that AMD already used these techniques on current litho process and Intel waited till .13 to deploy? both companies did use it for .18. re: Perception of increased performance is as important as real performance.... probably more important, intel is doing a better job with perception bit re: Is there fact to backup that AMD has crappy yields compared to Intel for a given speed bin? right opposite, amd's pricing structure suggests that yields are good at their high end Regards -Albert