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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50851)2/24/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571546
 
Jim,

It is odd, but we haven't heard much from Paul today. Maybe he isn't feeling quite so cocky.

Scumbria



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50851)2/24/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1571546
 
<It means our resident process gurus, Yousef and Engle, who were bragging about the 1.8v Pentium III, weren't informed by their Intel sources that the P-III was actually 2.0v. And have egg on their faces again.>

It's not that bad. At least Intel didn't have to jack up the voltage by two-tenths. And Intel even succeeded in keeping the increase in die size very minimal compared to the older Deschutes die.

Tenchusatsu



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50851)2/24/1999 7:26:00 PM
From: Yousef  Respond to of 1571546
 
Jim,

Re: "Which would tell us that Intel really hasn't pulled any further ahead
in process technology..."

Which is it, Jimmy ... First you say Intel is ahead, now you don't. Are
your "chicken bones" starting to fail you ?? You should try to be a little
more "consistent" in your AMD HYPE. <ggg>

Make It So,
Yousef



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50851)2/24/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: Petz  Respond to of 1571546
 
Regarding 2.0v PIII rather than earlier-hyped 1.8v -- The K7 is supposed to be 1.6v core but will use an internal voltage regulator and 2.5 volt external supply. Or so I've heard, but can't remember where I read this.

I guess we'll never know whether its *really* 1.6v, will we?

Perhaps AMD uses slightly different voltages in different areas of the chip, e.g., the L1 maybe runs at 2.2v.

Petz