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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (51092)	2/26/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575029

Tench, >Re:<I am sure that they ran plenty of life test runs to prove >reliabilty for excess of 30 years as is standard in the industry. >And the OEMS I am sure are privy to that QUAL data).> >I really doubt that. I think AMD is sacrificing a few years of >reliability in order to get to high speeds. No big deal when you >look at the whole picture, but this jacked-up voltage for a 0.25 >micron process isn't inspiring confidence. Tench, you are a pretty straight shooter and I will asume that you are aware of the type of reliability quals ALL semiconductor companies undergo and not playing ignorant like yousef does to spread FUD. There are a lot of qual and reliability procedures to get designed in. Folks like IBM and Compaq and i am sure Gateway are all very rigid in their quality specs as well. ALL of these guys who announced the K-2 450 will have looked at the data. Frankly, there is a tremendous amount of margin in these numbers. In reality these chips could probably be ratcheted up to 2.6-2.8V and not have any problems except for heat. Your point about the fan is misplaced. The K-2 450's all take lower power than the old 233's which were introduced not so long ago. SO yes you need a good fan, but the heat generated here is not a big deal as the PC form factor has plenty of margin. Regards, Kash Johal