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To: Paul Engel who wrote (37189)	10/21/1997 10:31:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<arry - Re: " While AMD's variable cost per die (as opposed to cost per good die) is lower than Intel's (because their die are smaller due to the 5 metal layer process).." Unfortunately for AMD, this isn't quite so.> Paul, could you comment on TPT (throughtput time for those who don't know). It seems that too many people assume that a smaller die is always a cheaper die. I don't believe we can make this assumption. Does AMD's 5 metal layers plus local interconnects/buried contacts result in longer processing times compared to Intels .35u 4 metal layer process. Doesn't this need to be factored in when computing die costs? Isn't the real measure of die cost total good die per unit of time? EP