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Technology Stocks : Cymer (CYMI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BillyG who wrote (16355)	4/6/1998 12:38:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Excerpt from MDR wB about Intel's plans w/ HWP and Merced Chip and (my conjecture)why Cymer is critical to that success-(.18 and .10 lines)If this is old news please grin and bare -I like it. MDR Technical Library Special Report: IA-64 will change the high-end microprocessor landscape forever. RISC vendors are taking cover. Here's why. mdronline.com@2522082ndbjlq/tl/IA64/summary.html The first IA-64 processor, code-named Merced, will appear in 1999 using 0.18-micron technology. We expect it to operate at speeds of around 800 MHz and to deliver 50 SPECint95 and 100 SPECfp95 (base). In x86 mode, Merced could match the performance of a 500-MHz Pentium II, a mainstream processor in Intel's PC line in 1999. The IA-64 chip is likely to be upwards of 300 mm2, however, making it expensive to manufacture. The cost of Merced will come down over time as Intel moves it first to a 0.13-micron process around 2001 and then to a 0.10-micron process around 2004. These process changes will also boost the chip's performance over time. Intel plans to introduce in 2001 a second-generation IA-64 processor, which we call Merced II, offering even greater levels of performance.