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To: richanfamus who wrote (170741)	9/6/2002 5:27:10 PM
From: richanfamus	Respond to of 186894

"One of them describes Intel's 90-nanometer logic technology, which uses a graded silicon germanium layer in the channel to strain the active layer of silicon on top. The abstract promises that "several techniques with various germanium concentrations have been evaluated and will be presented." Intel's second paper in the session describes an equally important divergence: The company will add SiGe bipolar transistors to the strained-silicon logic technology, creating a 90-nm process aimed at communications markets. The SiGe heterogeneous bipolar transistors operate at 100 GHz, with a cutoff frequency of 150 GHz. The 90-nm technology supports CMOS RF devices, metal-in-metal capacitors and other passive components required to fully integrate the RF and digital functions of a cell phone onto a single chip. Intel has used the process to make a 10-Gbit/second serializer/deserializer "certification" vehicle as a way "to comprehend the high-frequency risks of the technology," according to the abstract." siliconstrategies.com

To: richanfamus who wrote (170741)	9/6/2002 5:50:28 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Rich, Re: "NEC will show a Madison system with 32 processors running SAP's business software, while Unisys will demonstrate upgrading four Itanium 2 processors to Madison processors, a process that will take place without disturbing software running in a separate 12-processor section of the server, sources said." Here come the high end Itanium demonstrations. The interoperability of Madison with McKinley is a very nice feature, and likely a move to encourage customers to buy into McKinley early with the prospect of upgrading later. SAP software was recently announced, but seeing it running on a 32 processor system should turn quite a few heads. SAP scales extremely well with multiple processors, as does many of the high end apps coming to Itanium architecture. It will be interesting to see how these higher end systems affect Itanium sales demand. wbmw