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To: dougSF30 who wrote (230081)	4/16/2007 1:53:05 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"Yeah, the high-k/metal breakthrough is merely "cost effective", right?" Sigh. I took you off ignore, and regret it. If you spent more time thinking about a real response instead of just snarking, you'd realize the answer it "yes". Because without it, that would mean the variability would be even higher at 45nm than at 65nm. Given that the lower bins likely wouldn't have a market, that would mean poor bin splits and a lower number of salable die per wafer. And AMD will be using high-k dielectrics at 45nm. Metal gates are a given with high-k.