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To: Paul Engel who wrote (27698)	1/6/1998 11:26:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572690

Paul, AMD's 0.25um Products: Since 0.25um devices are fabricated at SDC in Sunnyvale, AMD is shipping engineering samples as production parts to its customers. Is AMD really getting that desperate? John.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (27698)	1/6/1998 11:35:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572690

I saw that too, Paul. Wanted to see how long it would take you all to notice it. :) Not a good sign; supposedly AMD has been working on .25 micron at SDC since the inital announcement of the .35 micron part.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (27698)	1/6/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572690

Paul, Re: "AMD's K6 0.25 micron - Made at Sunnyvale SDC ... What do you make of this? " It doesn't surprise me ... AMD has had yield problems that has forced Austin to focus entirely on the .35um process. I'm sure that Austin in bringing up the .25um process as we speak ... but the question is, will AMD be able to copy the process that is running in SDC. AMD is not well disciplined in process development and it wouldn't surprise me to find major equipment differences between the two sites. If AMD stumbles at all, especially after the Compaq/IBM announcements, this WILL BE their last chance!! Make It So, Yousef