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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (42581)	12/2/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1574006

Re: "Wow, you make it sound like the 0.18 micron process being purchased from IBM and/or Motorola is just an issue of plug-n-play." No, I don't mean to make it sound like that at all. Obviously, as a practical matter getting to .18u is a big deal in terms of expense and time for both AMD and Intel. Yousef suggested that Intel will have an easier time of it because they are developing their .18u technology in house, whereas AMD is collaborating. I just wanted to point out that that wasn't necessarily the case at all, and offered the extreme "plug and play" example to try to illustrate the other end of the spectrum. The truth will clearly lie somewhere in between. Personally, I think AMD will have a better time on their .18u transition than their .25u transition. First, .25u is currently pretty solid at AMD, whereas AMD never had .35u running perfectly even as they transitioned (not to mention the fact that AMD's .35u wasn't a "true" .35u process). Second, AMD apparently has much better access to outside technology and collaboration (IBM and MOT) than they had at the time of the .25u transition. This may not help much, but it can't hurt, either. Time will tell. Kevin