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To: kash johal who wrote (54338)4/5/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578291
 
Kash,

There you go again talking like a green engineer.

I'm very green. I've been through about 15 CPU tapeouts, 9 or 10 chipset tapeouts, and about to do my first graphics tapeout.

How many CPUs have you designed?

Scumbria



To: kash johal who wrote (54338)4/5/1999 8:04:00 PM
From: Yougang Xiao  Respond to of 1578291
 
FWIW, my guess for Q1 EPS loss and its basis.

Speed Grade Unit ASP Revenue
K6-2 450 300,000 $125.00 37,500,000
K6-2 400 1,000,000 $85.00 85,000,000
K6-2 380 500,000 $75.00 37,500,000
K6-2 366 600,000 $70.00 42,000,000
K6-2 350 800,000 $60.00 48,000,000
K6-2 below 350 1,000,000 $50.00 50,000,000
K6-3 150,000 $160.00 24,000,000
K6 Mobile 500,000 $120.00 60,000,000
K6-2-475 20,000 $150.00 3,000,000

CPU unit volume 4,870,000 387,000,000
Non CPG 300,000,000
Q1 Total 687,000,000
Break Even 770,000,000
Q1 Loss -83,000,000

Share Out 146,000,000
Q1 EPS Loss -$0.57

Dave Langston, what's your comments?