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To: Paul Engel who wrote (55799)	5/19/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Burt Masnick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

I guess Intel should just look for another business with stiff competition like this coming out. Wow - 266 MHz and you can get the AMD 3D instruction set too. It's a sad day for Intel. They must be reading this news now and sobbing helplessly. Strangely the investors haven't been throwing their shares overboard at this news. If fact, I think INTC is up a tad. Maybe IDT is a day late and a dollar short. Maybe two days late. Best regards, Burt

To: Paul Engel who wrote (55799)	5/19/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

IDT beats AMD to market with AMDs 3Dnow? With a fully pipelined FPU no less. Ain't that a kick. I wonder what Intel will announce to screw up AMDs K6-2 announcement. Just watch. Jim

To: Paul Engel who wrote (55799)	5/19/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Re: "Yousef - Here is another 0.25 micron/266 MHz Technology to analyze from IDTI." I went to the Winchip web page and look what I found --> winchip.com "The IDT WinChip 2 and WinChip 2 3D will be produced using both 0.35 and 0.25-micron process technology, which enables high-volume manufacturing of processors to supply a broader base of users. IDT is an industry leader in 0.25-micron process technology and will be producing all of its IDT WinChip microprocessors using this process by the end of 1998. To meet demand, IDT is ramping 8-inch wafer production at its Oregon facility and has signed a foundry agreement with IBM, who will use its 0. 25-micron, 2.5-volt IBM Blue LogicT technology to manufacture IDT WinChip 2 microprocessors." The answer is that IDT is using an IBM .25um process that has a 2.5V operating supply voltage. This means that the gate oxide is thicker, gate lengths are longer and performance is lower as compared to Intel's .25um process (which runs at 1.8V). This is NOT IBM's most advanced ASIC process ... but I guess that this is all IDT can afford. <ggg> BTW, this IBM process is more comparable to Intel's .35um process in performance. Make It So, Yousef