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To: Yousef who wrote (39626)	10/19/1998 8:08:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1578459

<The bigger question is how does AMD get to 450mhz and 500mhz quickly?? Let's wait and see.> Could a revised K6 core, the so-called K6+, contribute to the 450 Mhz and 500 MHz speeds? If so, would that entail adding a few more pipeline stages, or is that too drastic of a revision? Tenchusatsu

To: Yousef who wrote (39626)	10/20/1998 6:11:00 AM
From: Kenith Lee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578459

I think that AMD has continued to "tweak" their .25um process with poly gate linewidth shrinks. At a 2.1V -> 2.2V operating supply, AMD might be running .24um -> .22um at the poly level. I don't know whether this will get them to 400mhz ... my guess is it will, but there could be speed bin yield problems if the process "drifts" at all. It looks like Intel really kept you out of their best stuffs? FYI, Intel's 0.25um 333Mhz P-II has an average gate length of 180nm. If AMD can get 400 with 220nm as you had suggested, how fast will K6 be? Let's see: If K6 at 220nm gate gets 400mhz vs. P-II at 180nm gets 333mhz How can Intel be 2 years ahead in process technology? -KL