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To: Yousef who wrote (41279)11/11/1998 8:42:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572644
 
Re: "My understanding is that Intel achieved the density by tightening some enclosure even further than expected from their .25um process."

Sounds to me like Intel is just flipping foils on their .18u process. I'll believe the HYPE when I see working silicon.

<GGG>

Kevin



To: Yousef who wrote (41279)11/11/1998 9:05:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572644
 
Yousef - Re: " My understanding is that Intel achieved the density by tightening some enclosure even further than expected from their .25um process. "

That's even better news.

The address bus/data bus and signal bus routing will also benefit from the tightened design rules as well as the additional metal layer !

Paul