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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (52700)	3/16/1999 5:17:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1577225

Jim, still waiting for your email.... EP

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (52700)	3/16/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 1577225

Jim, Re: " Thats' interesting. I've never got a good answer as to whether the K6-III will be .18u or something more than than due to partial shrinks. Seems like the K7 is AMDs way of putting it all on the "come line" and rolling the dice." Yes, the "fairy-tale" plan is to ramp the k-3 in 0.18 starting Q3 at Fab 25. And ramp down the k6-2 wafer starts as the 0.18 conversion unfolds over next 6-9 months. And push K-7's out of Dresden with 0.25 K-7's from Fab 25 in low volumes while Dresden ramps. Unfortunately there are no manufacturing back ups in this plan. Fab 25 and Fab 30 are very different - certainly not copy exactly so same designs will not run at both fabs. Dresden is only running copper I believe. This is of course the biggest roll of the device. Because if they can't yield copper they are left with only one fab. If the "fairy-tale" happens AMD will skyrocket. I guess at the April 6th conference we will know more on K7 and dresden. Regards, Kash J.