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To: dougSF30 who wrote (155236)	4/7/2005 5:22:18 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

OK, so Sonderman's comment that only 300-mm wafers would be run at Fab36 in Dresden is entirely consistent with starting Fab 36 with 90nm node on 300mm wafers. But if Chartered is really ready to go Q1'06 it would only be done to reduce risk, not to significantly increase production. Petz

To: dougSF30 who wrote (155236)	4/7/2005 5:26:16 PM
From: fordprefect	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

No, explicitly not. In fact, Rivet's explanation was that switching from 200mm to 300mm wafers, and going from 90nm to 65nm were both large steps, so doing one first (90nm on 300mm) would reduce risk. I'm curious to see if we can get any data on comparing 200mm and 300mm yields after they start making 90nm chips on 300mm. I heard from some good sources their (not naming companies) low-k dielectrics would literly flake off on the edges and this was directly related to moving to 300mm. Of course IBM has been doing 300mm for a little while now so hopefully AMD will have a lower learning curve compared to Intel due to the IBM partnership. fordprefect