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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (52094)3/9/1999 1:30:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 1571686
 
Kevin - Re: "Hmm. Isn't it true that K7 has fewer transistors? Why such a big discrepency in die size?"

Random logic for deeper pipelines and extra FPUs takes up a lot more room than regular, compact SRAM cells - which accounts for the K63 die size increase.

You act surprised !

Surely you knew how HUGE the K7 was ?

Everyone else did !

It is going to be EXPENSIVE to make !

Paul