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To: Dan3 who wrote (146511)	10/31/2001 4:15:40 PM
From: fingolfen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

How long has it been since a leading edge manufacturing process was still being used to FAB CPUs 2 or 3 years after it was introduced? When will Intel's .18 process be 3 years old and what percentage of Intel's CPUs will be using that process at that time? Hint: Availability of .18 chips from Intel first occurred in Q4 of 1999. BZZZZZZZ wrong answer. Mobile Pentium II's were available in early Q3 '99 (gads that seems like a long time ago!). I will grant you that by this time next year, the vast majority of Intel's products will be on 0.13 micron. 0.18 micron will be at the flat point of its cost curve and will be used for other products. But by then 0.18 micron will be more than 3 years old. 0.13 micron have only been out since Q3 of this year so the initial 0.13 micron wafer costs are high (just wait until AMD moves to SOI if you want to see high per wafer costs!). By this time next year, they will be much lower. shrug I honestly don't see why you're having trouble with this...