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To: Yousef who wrote (45127)	1/7/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571929

Yousef, >Re: 1. AMD looking at $10k / wfr revenue." >This is very interesting, Kash ... We can get a lot of info from this >"little" piece of data. Making some assumptions ... ASP = $100/die >and >possible die per wafer ...One can calculate an estimated yield. My >calculation would put it at about 30%. Not good, IMHO. What do you >think, Kash ?? Perhaps you could elucidate your calculation. The $100 ASP /chip seems reasonable. Next year they are forecasting around 25M CPU's. Using approx. 200,000 wafers. If you use an average die size of 118mm2 (sharptooth die size) I think the "average" yield comes to around 50-55%. Regards, Kash