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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (173663)	3/19/2003 2:35:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, one catch. The Chinese "Long March" processor requires Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). I'm not familiar with GaAs, but I've heard horror stories on how that material is far from viable for high-volume manufacturing. Maybe some of the semiconductor veterans on this thread can share more. In any case, I don't see this as anything more than hype and vapor. Tenchusatsu

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (173663)	3/19/2003 4:44:12 PM
From: tcmay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

"New Chinese chips pose threat to Intel Long March promises 100GHz performance By W.G. Spinola: Wednesday 19 March 2003, 16:22 REVOLUTIONARY SECRET RESEARCH carried out at Shanghai Jiatong University could consign current microprocessors from Intel and AMD to the scrapheap. Using 128-bit technology, the architecture, codenamed 'Long March', could deliver performance of up to 100GHz in as little as 18 months, say researchers. Built on a new 90 nm (nanometer) process, the Long March chips feature 1Gb level 2 cache and prototypes have been demonstrated running at 5GHz with no special cooling. " This guy can't tell spin from spinola. 5 GHz to 100 GHz "in as little as 18 months." And there's the small matter of GaAs. And fabs. And support chips. And software. And market acceptance. Upcoming reports!!: "W. G. Spinola reports that magnetic bubble technology will completely replace disk drives! Laser pantography and molecular beam epitaxy will usher in a new era of ultrafast technology! Intel will be swept aside by the new revolution in robotic product, say researchers in Myanmar! "The dawn of revolutionary advances in aptical foddering will send Intel and AMD to the scrapheap!" " He can't tell spin from spinola. --Tim May