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To: Yousef who wrote (4812)	3/8/1998 1:28:00 AM
From: James Yegerlehner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

>> This would be a real joke. Intel will have the Merced running in a .18um process at about 600mhz while AMD is bringing on the K7 running at 333mhz. << Yousef- Aren't Katmai and Willamette the K7 competition, not Merced, in as much as they are all IA-32? Will they both start out at 0.25, or will they be on the 0.18 process also? Jim

To: Yousef who wrote (4812)	3/8/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Yousef: <<This is an incorrect statement ... AMD may have a high density process, but they have a low performance FET coupled to a high density/Rs interconnect. This is the reason that AMD needs a .25um process to just achieve > 266mhz. This is far from a "world class" process.>> The more you try to extrapolate information without any data the more it shows of your little understanding. You are trying to gauge process technology based on "FET coupled to a high density/Rs interconnect". This is full of shit and has no merit what so ever. <<This is the reason that AMD needs a .25um process to just achieve > 266mhz.>> Speed depends on architecture as well as process. If you eliminate architecture then you understand nothing of CPU making. Perhaps you can enlighten me why the Alpha chip runs at >600MHz and PII only reach 333Mhz. Is it because Intel has far from a "world class" process than DEC? If you can't address that question then don't continue with the discussion. <<Are you saying that AMD will bring out the K7 in their .25um process ... This would be a real joke. Intel will have the Merced running in a .18um process at about 600mhz while AMD is bringing on the K7 running at 333mhz.>> How do you know K7 will run at 333MHz at 0.25um process? K6-3D at 0.25um already running at 350MHz. Please try to dig into the facts before you make a conclusion. You should already have learned that back at school. Maxwell