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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (55560)	4/15/1999 12:35:00 AM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574054

Cirruslvr, Re: Has Motorola ever had production problems? This is something I found very interesting. Why didn't AMD copy IBM's process but Motorola's ? So far, all I read is that IBM talked about how great it will be using copper but not too much about Motorola. Also, does anyone know if IBM's copper process is in production and how is the outcome ? Gary

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (55560)	4/15/1999 8:25:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574054

Cirruslvr, Re: "Has Motorola ever had production problems? Has their previous process technology been up to par?" Why don't you ask a "workstation" system designer about the problems with the Motorolo 68040 CPU. This part had serious design/process issues that slipped the promised release date by about a year. This was back about 10-12 years ago when Motorolo was a serious CPU manufacturer. That CPU cost them "dearly". In regards to the process technology, Motorolo has gotten much of their process technology from a joint development agreement with IBM. This is where the Copper Damascene process comes from. Make It So, Yousef

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (55560)	4/19/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574054

Cirruslvr, Re: "Isn't the AMD "copying" (as you refer to it) of the Motorola process to Dresden sort of like Intel's "copy-exactly" process?" Cringe, Please look back at AMD's last attempt at a "sort of" Copy Exactly for their .35um process from Sunnyvale to Austin. This was a disaster ... I'm sure Scumbria would "characterize" it as engineering "genius". <ggg> Why do you, Cringe, believe that the transfer to Dresden will be better this time ?? Make It So, Yousef