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To: Scumbria who wrote (28006)	7/7/1998 8:38:00 PM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 33344

The devices currently being built in the 100-160 mm2 space are pretty much at the limits already of what can be manufactured economically. As you move to newer processess what you say becomes easy. For example one could probably do a 600Mhz + K6 easily in 0.15 micron CMOS with tha same architecture and perhaps 2x that with additional pipelining and keep the power reasonable. I happen to agree with you regarding the compromises that Intel's architecture makes. I have felt for a long time that Cyrix should ramp the GX into latest process and integrate further. If they put their resources into this they would have 300-400Mhz GX machines shipping today in 0.25 micron. By integrating TV out, keyboard interface, modem functions etc they could have set up a uniques space for themselves to dominate. They have lost the ball with GX family, the MX is a disaster, and all the new hot cores are way late. I wish that they had decided to build a brand and market segment rather than go up against Intel mana a mano.