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To: Elmer who wrote (5720)	4/23/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Elmer, Re: "So a defect that would kill a processor might be repairable on a SRAM. Of course if the rumors about Intel's yields are true, there aren't many bad die to recover." You are correct on both counts, Elmer ... Most people fail to realize the susbstantial competitive cost advantage that Intel has in manufacturing either CPU's or SRAM's. Intel has "World Class" yield on their IC processes Make It So, Yousef

To: Elmer who wrote (5720)	4/23/1998 6:01:00 AM
From: Kenith Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Elmer, If Intel is going to use internal high density and high speed SRAMs, how much 0.35 and 0.25um capacity will the company loose? Don't try to tell me that the company will utilizes its old fabs to make these? Old fab = old technologies = low yields and hugh die.

To: Elmer who wrote (5720)	4/23/1998 11:27:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Elmer, <Processors don't have redundency (except possibly for the L1 cache), so a defect that would kill a processor might be repairable on a SRAM. Of course if the rumors about Intel's yields are true, there aren't many bad die to recover.> I believe you got it all backwards as usual. The L1 dominates processor's die area, and the probability that a defect hits the L1 area would dominate. Intel yields are "good" BECAUSE of the redundancy technique, not opposite as you tend think. IMHO. Ali