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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (64090)	11/20/2001 7:34:39 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

"What changes between .13 and .09 that the problems you refer to are not just aggravated? " As you note, the problems get worse. But if you compare the AMD and Intel processes at 0.18 micron, you will see that the leakage problem is different for different processes at the same geometries (ok, equivalent geometries). Assuming that process tweaks won't solve the problem for Intel, then they need a new process for 0.13 micron. In the time that it would take to do that, they can have one on a smaller geometry. And that brings up the observation that Intel had to've known about this from the beginning. That being the case, why did they introduce it, knowing that there is no way it can deliver what they are promising (i.e. P4s at 3GHz, mobile P4s, fast, low powered blade servers)? Was it just because they were feeling pressure from AMD and rushed to market with all they had? It's not like that reaction has been working out for them lately...