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To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (3546)	1/7/1998 12:26:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 6843

These are reasonable concerns that will be addressed in due time, but let them have their time to be proud, they've waited a long time. EP

To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (3546)	1/7/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 6843

Your first point is correct (chips fabbed at SDC) but your second is incorrect (.25 starts at 233 mhz). Only the notebook version of the chip runs at 233mhz; the desktop version runs at 266.

To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (3546)	1/7/1998 12:46:00 AM
From: Robert Walter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

James, I agree it would be nice to see the 0.25 micron K6's at higher speeds but the real question is what voltage does the K6-266 need to run and what wattage is the out put? Robert

To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (3546)	1/7/1998 2:00:00 AM
From: Adrian Wu	Respond to of 6843

James, A previous article in November, right after the announcement of the yield problem and the Dham resignation, did say that AMD was putting all their R&D efforts onto correcting the yield problem and moving to 0.25 micron. However, even Fab 25 should be 0.25 by the middle of the year. The decision to move to 0.25 is strictly a cost issue. The 0.25 micron K6 will only be 88 sq. mm in die size, which is smaller than even the Pentiums, since it uses a 5-metal layer CMOS process, vs. Intel's 4. Smaller line width also makes the K6 suitable for mobile, thus leapfrogging Intel. Intel could afford to charge $700+ for the PII300, hence the 0.35 line width, but they would have to wait for the Deschutes to get the PII into notebooks. Adrian Adrian