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To: dmcl who wrote (22033)7/22/1998 12:50:00 AM
From: Katherine Derbyshire  Respond to of 70976
 
I'm not really familiar enough to have much of an opinion. SOI is much more expensive than conventional silicon, so it's mostly used for niche applications, like radiation-hardened circuits, where nothing else will work. It is generally not a great choice for microprocessors because heat dissipation is a problem. Regarding IBM's 1Gbit chip specifically, I just don't know enough to have an opinion.

Katherine


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