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To: Scumbria who wrote (51891)	3/8/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: Yousef	Respond to of 1572154

Scumbria, Re: "It is absurd to blame AMD for low yields at 400/450 MHz" Should we blame Intel for AMD's poor 400/450Mhz yields ?? Make It So, Yousef

To: Scumbria who wrote (51891)	3/8/1999 5:28:00 PM
From: Richard Wang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572154

Raza also announced that the company has started production wafers on its seventh-generation processor, the AMD-K7(tm), which is scheduled for introduction in June. 12-weeks from wafer starts to chip production? Wow! Richard

To: Scumbria who wrote (51891)	3/8/1999 6:07:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 1572154

Scumbria, >>>It is absurd to blame AMD for low yields at 400/450 MHz. They have been moving up the speed curve (from 233 MHz) at breakneck speed.<< Breakneck speeds can cause crashes, which appears to have happened with AMD. What Yousef describes below sounds like a desperation attempt to catch up, which is probably what happened. C'est La Vie. I would tend to agree with your assessment ... I think a clear indicator is that AMD had to "jack up" the supply voltage on their highest speed parts. All it would take would be a slight "drift" in the IC process and "top speed" bins yields could go to ZERO. I mean, how many 350/366Mhz systems could they possibly sell ... Not exactly the "sweet spot".