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To: burn2learn who wrote (11390)	5/22/1998 12:08:00 AM
From: BZOOKA	Respond to of 13925

Creaf in Singapore over $20.....EOM

To: burn2learn who wrote (11390)	5/22/1998 12:17:00 AM
From: Dennis G.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

Isn't audio and/or video integration on the chip is likely to lead to the same result as the Pentium Pro, which had the on board cache? It's a nice concept but the yields are lousy because you have to have both parts good to get one good chip. What's the payoff? Dennis

To: burn2learn who wrote (11390)	5/22/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

I think that noise is going to be a very challenging issue in integrating an audio chip onto a CPU. I don't think that you can put an audiophile-quality sound system onto the CPU chip. There also are components in an audio chip that are quite real-estate hungry (D/A, volume controls, though the latter could be done in a DSP). But the biggie is noise. Look at recommended board layouts for audio chips. Try to put a split ground-plane under a CPU and get all the digital signals in and out. Good luck! I don't think it can be done. Oh - it can be done, but not suitable for high-end. Of course, with P-II packaging, Intel could put audio on a separate die, and even build a shield around it. That's certainly how I would do it. If Intel is bound and determined to do this - Creative should be trying to sell them that die.