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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (41419)	11/13/1998 9:58:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1572033

Yep, the "copy exactly" method isn't precisely exact copying. Exact copying across a number of fabs and a number of lines would be impossible, especially as technology changes and the delivery dates for various pieces of equipment vary. If Intel did pure "exact copy", they'd be perpetually behind the cutting edge of equipment technology. Not to mention the fact that if you can't get one fab to work properly at high yield and good speed distribution, you have nothing to "copy exactly" in the first place. Every semi company is vulnerable to this problem--witness AMD. Kevin