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To: Paul Engel who wrote (43683)12/21/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1572678
 
Paul - RE: "When they ship in Desktops, we'll see a 44% increase in costs for AMD (81 sq. mm K6-2 to 117 sq. mm for K6-3)."

You wanna compare AMD vs. Intel die sizes and costs? Didn't think so.

Keep cringin Paul, that may be the only way you recover.



To: Paul Engel who wrote (43683)12/21/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Petz  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572678
 
Paul, <when they ship in desktops [k6-3] we'll see a 44% increase in costs for AMD>

Yea, lets see:
$15, cost of depreciation per chip, stays the same
$15, cost of R&D per chip, stays the same
$5, cost of packaging per chip, stays the same
$10, cost of silicon per chip, goes up to $14
$10, other costs, stays the same

I'm really worried that the K6-3-450, which is faster than the Katmai 500 is going to cost AMD $4 more to make.

Petz


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