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To: Joey Smith who wrote (46700)	1/29/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Joey - Re: "the total cost of these new Covington chips will be around $40 (actually came from Intel)..Does that sound right??" The silicon die size of a 0.25 micron Pentium II/Deschutes is about 131 sq. mm - almost the same size as the 0.35 micron Pentium MMX - perhaps a little smaller. Thus, at comparable yield levels (percentage-wise), the slightly higher wafer cost of the 0.25 micron process will be offset by the slightly samller Deschutes die size, resulting in comparable die costs. That puts the $40 cost as very reasonable - but as an upper limit. Paul