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To: IanBruce who wrote (51206)	3/25/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	Respond to of 186894

Ian, I was making comments toward the following article: techweb.com Linked by your post: Message 3814193 Anyway, although there is a finite limit to practical aluminum metalization, as there spokesmen from TI, Intel, Lucent pointed out. They can still live with aluminum for quite some time to come. What is in more urgent need is to reduce the dielectric of the material to achieve lower capacitance and thus increase speed and/or decreased power consumption. Thus, there is really no need for Intel to address this copper technology in a meaningful way now. MMX technology having a DSP embedded into the CPU along with the FPU is not a perception. The market demands it for real-time multimedia actions, audio and video. Being a market leader in terms of technology has nothing to do with making money. The best strategy is to study what you have to do to make money and apply the most inexpensive means to achieve that goal, and of course you have to stand on your toes ready to hop on to a new technology if and only if this new technology is proven, cheaper, and/or more productive. What we have just witnessed regarding this copper technology, I am afraid, does not fit that role. Remember, most ideas are just silly and impractical for the time of conception, only a very small handful of the ideas prove to be of any merit. By the way, you are confusing me with some one else working in the Media Lab. I was in Boston area only three times in my life, all very short stays. Yes, you are right when I was referring to IBM's atom moving technology. I do not remember the guys' names nor which IBM research lab, but I swear it was in the late 80's when I read about it. For this technology to be of anything useful, we probably have to wait for another decade at least. Just like you, I am not going to hold my breath for it as well. John.