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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (28105)	2/10/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: Ed Beers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

Skeeter, Assuming that you use the same process ( and companies that are aggressive with their shrinks like Micron will ), the core DRAM cell will occupy 4x the space. However, you save on i/o pads, address decode, border area, and other overhead. The net effect is that a 64 MBit die is about 3x a 16 MBit die. However, yield on the larger die will be significantly lower. The net effect is about a 30% boost in bit capacity once yields on the 64 MBit parts are good. This is in addition to the normal improvements in bit capacity due to die shrinks and yield improvement. Ed