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To: Process Boy who wrote (55456)	4/14/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: Burt Masnick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573915

Re:"Wouldn't this approach be a little expensive?" Then you can guess that they aren't doing it. Cash is gonna be a problem for a while. Conservatism, backup plans and wide margins are luxuries for the financially flush, not the wannabees.

To: Process Boy who wrote (55456)	4/14/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: RDM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573915

(55316) AMD is developing Aluminum and Copper Fab 30 can be launched with copper processing, Saltich said, since it was designed to handle the new interconnect layer. "We [were able to] plan the cleanroom and tool arrangement to solve the contamination problem," he said, noting that retrofitting existing fabs to use copper interconnect rarely works. For that reason, AMD's Fab 25 in Austin, which is now moving to 0.18-micron design rules, will continue to use aluminum metalization supersite.net