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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (169663)	8/21/2002 12:13:50 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

What you say is true, fabs are quite delicate and ti would not take much to cause a 1-2 month shutdown. However, that said, Israel has it's military plants in the same area and you have to bet they are well protected. Military and Political concerns aside, Intel has enormous capacity now, with a new monster fab coming on line soon, F11X, and another under construction in Ireland plus another in Oregon. With more than one of those 300mm I don't see Intel running out of capacity soon. I would love to be wrong... EP

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (169663)	8/21/2002 1:34:41 AM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<font color=green>The Athlon XP 2600+ we tested seemed to run relatively cool, considering its high clock speed. The 2200+ we tested back in June consistently ran between 44 and 50 degrees Celsius, but the 2600+ we've got today hovered between 35 and 39 degrees Celsius. Our methods for measuring temperature were by no means "scientific" though, and this time around we're using a much better cooler, which should account for some of the difference. The additional 4 square millimeters of contact area probably helps a bit as well. Regardless, the difference seemed rather substantial, so I queried our contact at AMD as to whether or not the changes made to core had a significant impact on temperature. His response was, "I don't have a technical explanation other than our engineers have tweaked the core with all that we've discussed. The end result was a cooler, faster CPU." hothardware.com