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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (31670)	4/10/1998 10:48:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570969

Kevin, Re: "Intel picks up one speed grade on AMD simply by virtue of the scale of their production. If two companies both have the same speed bin distribution (say 30% 266 MHz, 40% 300 MHz, 25% 350 MHz, and 5% 400 MHz), but one company has six fabs and the other has one, guess which company is going to introduce the 400 MHz parts first?" This shows how little you know about IC processing and devices, Kevin. You should review some of my older posts regarding device performance. The facts are that AMD's FET's are not as aggressive for device drive current at low voltages as compared to Intel ... Remember, NOT ALL .25um PROCESSES ARE EQUAL. Intel's gate lengths are shorter and Intel achieves the same drive currents (Idsat) at lower operating voltages. This is why AMD has slower CPU's in desktops and notebooks. Please try to study just a little more before making statements of "facts". TIA Make It So, Yousef