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To: Yougang Xiao who wrote (52022)	3/9/1999 12:51:00 AM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1571736

I just finished going through all the posts after getting home. Initially I became very disappointed. But this is not new. The DESIGN problem which hurt the yield were talked about in the last CC. I am really surprised that the following quote from Atiq Reza are neither mentioned or talked about on this board. "As we said in January, design enhancements to increase the yield of higher-speed versions of the AMD-K6®-2 processor with 3DNow! technology were successfully implemented. Those enhancements are delivering the results we anticipated, which include higher yields and a richer distribution of product at speeds of 400MHz and 450MHz. Our shortfall in units for the quarter is a result of the lower yields in the first eight weeks of the quarter on the wafers started prior to implementing the design enhancements." This problem is nothing new. Perhaps it has hut AMD it a bigger magnitude than previously but nothing new. Again according to Reza AMD has "higher yields and a richer distribution" now that the design enhancement was "successfully implemented" I am further puzzled that the above quote has not appeared on any news release either. Oh well. Mani