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To: Paul Engel who wrote (42973)	12/8/1998 12:59:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573440

Paul, Now, the K7 is HUGE compared to Sharpy - 184 vs 117 - and Sharpy is already TOO big for AMD to make in sufficient yields/volumes. There are many different possible cause for low yields. Size is only one of them. It is not safe to assume that a smaller microprocessor will yield a higher percentage than a larger one. Other factors could be the design rules, poor layout, poor circuit design, etc. Hopefully AMD learned something about "design for manufacturability" during the last two years. Scumbria