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To: Paul Engel who wrote (57609)	6/9/1998 10:08:00 AM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, What is Intel's cost on an ENTIRE P-II though. Saying that: For Intel's 0.25 micron Pentium II, my estimate is that their cost of good silicon die (no packaging) is in the $25 to $30 range and possibly lower. Is like saying: Yeah this GM car costs us $500 to make, but that only includes the engine, not the body or the wiring, seats, steering wheel, AM/FM/CD Player, Air COnditioning, ABS, Traction Control, etc, etc, etc. Would you agree that Intel's per part costs is likely around the $65 - $70 area (including 512K L2 cache, packaging of the chip, the P-II casing, assembly and testing? Steve