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To: Alan Hume who wrote (8900)	10/24/1998 5:02:00 AM
From: wily	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Alan, This sounds like something different from the Germanium island. >>IBM's silicon germanium technology embeds germanium atoms in certain locations in the silicon crystal Also, >>One advantage silicon germanium has over gallium arsenide is it fits into existing current manufacturing processes, which means it can be used on 8-inch silicon chip wafers. Gallium arsenide, on the other hand, is still more of a specialty technology and is only available on 4-inch wafers, which means the cost per chip is higher, Strauss said. I guess you could argue that you really don't need that kind of speed in a computer but, quite frankly, I'll pay a few extra bucks for it. Sure would make this thing boot faster. I also noticed that they're not talking about it on the AMD thread which is just full of technogeeks (like I'm one to talk). Makes me think it is not really news. ?? But then, everyone knows you hear the REAL news first, here, on the RMBS thread Message 6054664 BTW, MileHigh: do you still have the link to that article? wily