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To: Paul Engel who wrote (57402)	6/6/1998 10:06:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - The First Glimpse of Intel's Copper Technology Intel and Applied Materials are jointly presenting a paper on Copper Metallization technology. techweb.com Here are some excerpts: "Intel has kept its work under the tightest wraps-and it may be broader-based than any other company's. A powerful hint comes from a paper Intel-and engineers from Applied Materials Inc.-was to deliver at last week's IEEE interconnect-technology conference. The paper focuses on research to determine whether a conventional, subtractive-etch process can lay down copper interconnects. For now, Damascene dominates, since it's the only way to create the necessary thick, barrel-shaped copper structures. Most experts don't put much stock in etch for copper interconnects. Torturously slow etch rates have been a big problem. Surprisingly, the Intel-Applied paper sees progress. "Copper-etch rates at greater than 5,000 [angstroms per minute] have been achieved, and post corrosion-free copper-etch performance has been demonstrated for times in excess of 72 hours," the paper's abstract notes." Paul

To: Paul Engel who wrote (57402)	6/6/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: Mark Brophy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

You forgot about Alpha. Samsung will be the main producer and the delay gives them another 6 months to compete with Merced. They already have a big head start and U.S. taxpayer money, which could push them over the top and make it successful. Merced won't be any easier than the iAPX432 or any other processor with a new architecture to establish. Increased vigilance and paranoia is in order.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (57402)	6/6/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Intel's new CPU pricing structure, including 300 MHz "Celery" chips! Intel Updates MPU Prices By Mark Hachman Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., today is scheduled to update its desktop processor prices. According to pricing updates provided by Intel customers, the 400-, 350-, 333-, 300-, 266-, and 233-MHz Pentium II will sell for $722, $519, $412, $305, $198, and $198, respectively. The prices of the 300- and 266-MHz "Covington" processors will be $159 and $106, respectively. The prices of the 233- and 200-MHz Pentium with MMX will remain at $134 and $95, respectively. All prices reflect lots of 1,000 units. Copyright r 1998 CMP Media Inc. New Search \| Search the Web You can reach this article directly here: techweb.com Paul