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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (80177)	4/27/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 186894

Jim, I'll bet you Intel does too. They just have more time to work it out. Not true. Intel processors are generally at 99% yield within minutes of first tapeout. The missing 1% is because of the contractor night guard smoking in the clean room. Had he been a full time Intel employee, they would be at 100% yield, every time. Scumbria

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (80177)	4/27/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Jimbo - Re: "I'll bet you Intel does too. They just have more time to work it out." NO ! Case in point - Mendocino Celeron ! Intel (Andy Grove) demoed First Silicon in Taiwan in April/May of last year - within days of the first wafers coming out of fab. Intel uses standard (for Intel that is) verification and reliability testing to be sure - which do consume time. But when Intel hits the PRODUCTION Button, look out ! The chips strat rolling off that "assembly line" ! By the way - add DIXON to that list - except Intel spent some extra time in speed optimization to insure 366 MHz operation at 1.6 volts. Paul