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To: Elmer who wrote (41078)	11/8/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573957

Elmer: <<Well if the PII cost is only $6 higher than the Celeron and it has the added cost of SRAM, tag ram and a more expensive card with all the resistors and such, the yield must be just as bad to make the die cost roughly equal to the Celeron, don't you think? And even with a much smaller die!!! Test costs must also be significantly higher for the PII with a much greater pincount and backside bus needing testing at a much higher speed than the Celeron. Multiple socketings needed both on and then on the card. All this and only $6 higher! Those guts at MPR must really know what they're talking about thiugh...>> Yes. You are right. Testing on the PII is a little longer than the CeleronA. Die size wise silicon of CeleronA is more expensive than PII silicon. Daughtercard of both CeleronA and PII are about the same. Both cards have plenty of surface mount resistors. PII have better looking casing. 4.5ns 512K SRAM is dirt cheap. MR estimates are as good as any one. $6 difference is about right. Maxwell