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To: Buckwheat who wrote (27561)	1/3/1998 12:37:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570553

Buckwheat, Re: "Yousef, your points on voltage and process generation are well taken ..." So Buckwheat, why has AMD chosen to go with a higher supply voltage ... can you name an advantage of using the higher supply voltage?? Do you think AMD's strategy of providing notebooks that are 2 speed bins slower than Intel is smart ?? I'm interested in your opinion on these topics. Make It So, Yousef

To: Buckwheat who wrote (27561)	1/3/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: David A.	Respond to of 1570553

Buckwheat, There has been some discussion on this thread about the .25 process running at 2.2 and 2.3 volts. I believe that that voltage will be lower for the mobile version. The sampled versions of the mobile k-6 runs at 1.8 volts(probably 233 mhz). This article came out in October. www1.zdnet.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Prior to that, in November AMD will perform a die shrink for the current K6. By using its new 0.25-micron process, the K6 will shrivel to from 162mm square to 68mm square, compared to the Pentium II's 205mm square. That will allow speeds of 266MHz and 300MHz, 60 per cent lower power and 2.2-volt operation. AMD's first sixth-generation CPUs aimed at mobile PCs are sampling now and the firm plans a joint-announcement with a big-name notebook PC maker in January. AMD expects the first chips to run at 233MHz or possibly 266MHz and says they will support System Management Mode and 1.8-volt operation. Packaging will be PGA and a format AMD calls 'micro BGA'. "It will be a 2.5cm package with much, much smaller and better thermal characteristics than TCP," said Baker. ------------------------------------------------------------------- David A.