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To: Dan3 who wrote (264835)	10/29/2010 5:44:54 PM
From: Elmer Phud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

AMD leapt ahead of Intel when it beat Intel to copper by close to 2 years (while Intel was panicked about "copper contamination"). Now AMD is trying to use Z-Ram to do it again. Dan, AMD didn't "leap ahead" by 2 years. They need copper 2 years earlier. If (a big if) Z-Ram works out Intel will be in a very difficult since they are a good 3-4 years behind AMD in working with SOI and gate first. SOI/gate first is a requirement for fabbing Z-Ram CPUS. Come back when AMD has a working process. They're years late and it's still nowhere in sight.

To: Dan3 who wrote (264835)	10/29/2010 11:40:43 PM
From: Mahmoud Mohammed	Respond to of 275872

Mr Dan, Re: "You could be in for some fun pretty soon - or maybe not." I think ... "Maybe not". Re: "... You can only hope...." You forgot "and pray" as well, Mr Dan. <ggg> Mahmoud

To: Dan3 who wrote (264835)	10/30/2010 1:02:01 PM
From: gzubeck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

"Innovative Silicon, Inc. (ISi) is a fast-growing, venture-backed company that develops and licenses the Z-RAM® memory technology. Innovative Silicon has attracted over $50M in venture financing to date, has built a world-class team of technologists, and has been granted over 50 patents to date on the Z-RAM technology. The company has also recently enhanced its Z-RAM technology to work on bulk silicon without requiring silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates." If AMD does have working z-ram they probably have a 1 year lead against Intel because z-ram can be now used with Bulk. z-ram.com