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To: Paul Engel who wrote (6377)5/29/1998 2:39:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6843
 
Paul, re: better K6-2 yields

Here's a reasonable theory to account of the rumors: the additional 13mm2 for the K6-2 aren't all taken by 3DNow instructions. Some of the increase is a result of a reduction in transistor density which, as you pointed out, could have been a factor in AMD's yield problems. If this is indeed the case, then the K6-2 may well have higher yields than AMD's .25u shrink of the vanilla K6.

Kevin



To: Paul Engel who wrote (6377)5/29/1998 7:36:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 6843
 
Paul, re:<YIELDS ARE HIGHER THAN THE K6 CLASSIC (0.25æ) >

Its not clear whether this is yield % or number of good chips per wafer, I suspect the former.

Petz


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