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To: orkrious who wrote (20671)	1/21/1999 9:39:00 AM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

23:37 DJS Intel Is Expected To Get The Jump On Chip-Manufacturing Process 23:37 DJS Intel Is Expected To Get The Jump On Chip-Manufacturing Process By Dean Takahashi, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal Intel Corp. is expected to announce today it has created a chip manufacturing process that will allow it to ship 600-megahertz microprocessors by the end of the year, people familiar with the matter say. Intel is expected to say it will begin shipping microprocessors based on its 0.18 micron manufacturing process, which allows the company to create chip circuits that are 1/500th the width of a human hair, in the third quarter. Intel officials declined to comment. The new process will give the Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant a manufacturing advantage over rivals Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and National Semiconductor Corp.'s Cyrix unit, but analysts aren't certain how long the advantage will last. Linley Gwennap, editorial director at Micro Design Resources Inc. in Mountain View, Calif., said Intel will start large-volume production with the process about three to six months ahead of AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., and National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif. But the rivals will also shift to 0.18 micron processes later this year, and they will also announce new chip designs that will allow them to create chips that run at higher speeds. "Intel has a temporary advantage by using its manufacturing muscle, but the others are close behind it," said Michael Feibus, an analyst at Mercury Research Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz. Intel currently uses a 0.25 micron process to make chips that run as fast as 450 megahertz. Mr. Gwennap said that the 0.18 micron process should enable Intel to create 600-megahertz chips in the third quarter and increase the speed to 667 megahertz by the end of the year and up to 800 megahertz in 2000. AMD is expected to introduce K7 chips during the summer that could also hit 600 megahertz, but Mr. Gwennap says he believes Intel should be able to stay one or two speed levels above AMD. In another development, Intel is expected to unveil a microprocessor code-named Dixon next week. The chip will be used for portable computers and will run at speeds of 400 megahertz, considerably higher than AMD's fastest 333-megahertz chips. Copyright (c) 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (:INTC) 01/20 11:37p CST