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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (32751)	5/18/1998 10:47:00 AM
From: Kenith Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572025

Jim, It is tough for the "me too" companies to reproduce and stay compatible without getting sue, or at least threaten to be sued by deep pocket Intel. Those that have seen the electron microscope pictures knew how shitty Intel's process technologies are. So don't be fool be Yousef. Intel's process isn't as good as Motorola or IBM. Intel's PII 333-350mhz have gate length of about 0.18 micron. K6 is still above 0.2 micron and achieved 300mhz. The small difference in gate length can be 1-2 speed grades (50 per grade). I wouldn't be surprise to see IBM's K6 to be at least 400mhz when shipped since they can tweak their own process better than AMD.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (32751)	5/18/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572025

Jim, Re: " I can't help but wonder about the margins they could have gotten by selling 333MHz PentiumMMXs on .25u for a cost of $30." One thing to remember, Jim, is that smaller die size means more risk to the chip design schedule. It is much more important to get a product into the market with almost no competition than to be late. Meeting product introduction schedules is key to building credibility with your customers. I can tell that your "conversion" to Intel is going to be a long, slow process. <ggg> Make It So, Yousef