SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (25998)11/15/1997 10:46:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583406
 
Monica, re: teaming with IBM for K6 production
You might remember that one the K6 Aptiva's was advertised as having an IBM processor although it was actually a K6 packaged by IBM, but the newest IBM Aptiva that uses the K6 SAYS it uses the K6. I think AMD does packaging under an IBM license agreement in the far east, so switching this to IBM won't help much at Fab 25 in Texas, but might shorten the time it takes to take finished wafers and sell CPU's.

As for doing the whole fabrication at IBM, if they haven't started it yet, its probably too late to help much with the 0.35 output, but I think this would be a great idea for ramping up the 0.25 process, assuming IBM is interested and they don't want too much of the "pie."

Petz



To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (25998)11/16/1997 2:33:00 PM
From: Steve Porter  Respond to of 1583406
 
Monica,

Cyrix's agreement with IBM ME stands through 1999 and Cyrix has recently arrange for significantly more capacity at IBM.. with the PPC and the 6x86MX and MediaGX as well as the various ASIC's IBM ME makes I think their boat is just about full (unless you want a .5um K6 ;-) )..

Steve

Cyrix Rules!


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2026 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News