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To: Jeffrey D who wrote (30456)	5/20/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

RE: Elbrus aka Merced Killer Da, AMAT Speaks Russian. Jeff << Russian chip makers get to 0.35 micron SRISA (Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis) has announced it will build a mini fabrication plant for microcircuit technology using a 0.35 micron process, at Russian trade show SEMI in Zelenograd. The mini-factory will begin work early in 2000. The equipment has been supplied by US outfit Applied Materials, the number one worldwide supplier of fab kit. Applied Materials officials are confident that its Russian customers will create good yields. The mini-fab is financed by several interested investors. Elbrus, which has the edge on supercomputer and 64-bit x86-like technology, is expected to sample parts using the fabrication plant. As reported here earlier, Elbrus, which has designs dubbed the Merced Killer, got financing from the Moscow government this year. Boris Babaian, CEO of Elbrus, Under the items of information from the official persons of the company, will use the mini-fab to test the designs. In fact, Elbrus' design may actually be produced before Intel's. Beware, Chipzilla, the gauntlet is down. ® Andrei Fatkullin is a journalist on Russian wire Computerra Weekly >>

To: Jeffrey D who wrote (30456)	5/20/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Respond to of 70976

More Elbrus. Jeff << Posted 20/05/99 1:03pm by Andrei Fatkullin in Moscow Russian Merced Killer to achieve 600MHz Elbrus, the Russian microprocessor company which secured funding from the Moscow government and others, is likely to produce its 64-bit running at 600MHz early next year. The processors will be produced at a small fabrication plant which will use .35 micron process technology on Applied Materials kit, as reported here earlier. The company is run by Professor Boris Babaian, and the team includes designers which claim the first breakthrough on VLIW (very long instruction words) years before HP took up the idea. ® >>