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To: Yousef who wrote (55556)	4/14/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1574006

Yousef - < 18um Al follow on to their current .25um process for some time> Thanks for the detailed response. I was not aware that AMD was continuing with the .18 on Al program. I pretty much got confirmation from AMD's 10k that MOT was going to be the Process Development arm of AMD. I am going to be extremely curious to see how this approach plays out. One has to wonder though how viable the .18 on Al process is when they also felt the need to contract MOT's process. I freely admit that comprehending this approach confuses the hell out of me. Just background and training, I guess. I guess the best case scenario is if they don't need the Al process. If they do, things could get interesting. PB

To: Yousef who wrote (55556)	4/15/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574006

Yousef - RE: "AMD has probably been working on a .18um Al follow on to their current .25um process for some time (just like Intel). Recently in the past 9 months, AMD made the decision to purchase Motorolo's .18um Copper process and bring that up in Dresden. BTW, AMD is getting out of the process development "game" and will be purchasing all new processes from Motorolo (.15um, .13um ...). So, AMD will complete their development/extension to .18um aluminum at MegaFlop 25 (tm PREngel) while "copying" the Motorolo process into Dresden. I would guess this is also being done because AMD needs .18um capability before Dresden will be available, otherwise Intel will have a 3 speed bin lead for 9-12 months ... This would further "kill" AMD ASP's and lead to even "more significant" losses. <ggg>" Has Motorola ever had production problems? Has their previous process technology been up to par? Isn't the AMD "copying" (as you refer to it) of the Motorola process to Dresden sort of like Intel's "copy-exactly" process?