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To: Paul Engel who wrote (29258)	3/2/1998 12:40:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573044

Thanks for your estimate. IBM's spokesperson basically said the deal was quarter micron: "IBM spokesperson Bill O'Leary told Newsbytes the K6 chips will be produced in the firm's primary production fab in Burlington, Vermont, which has established a very good history with quarter-micron chips." exchange2000.com More info for those who missed the article (so hopefully the thread doesn't continue to debate these issues): "He [IBM spokesperson] said the IBM-made AMD chips are not slotted for IBM products, even though the firm has announced several K6-based Aptiva consumer PCs (Newsbytes, August 19, 1997). "Where the processors go will be strictly up to AMD," O'Leary added. O'Leary told Newsbytes that adding K6 production to the Burlington plant will not affect IBM's current production deal with Cyrix. As a straight foundry deal, he explained, the arrangement bears no resemblance to the deal under which IBM makes, brands and markets processors that use Cyrix designs." Kevin

To: Paul Engel who wrote (29258)	3/2/1998 1:58:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573044

Paul, one positive aspect of the IBM deal is that we now know for sure that AMD no longer pays IBM to package K6 chips. From the Reuter's story: The wafers will then be shipped back whole to AMD, which will handle cutting the wafers and packaging the chips. At $2500 per wafer, thats probably only $500 per wafer more than it most likely cost AMD. They could easily save more than that by now doing the packaging themselves rather than paying IBM to do it. Petz