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To: Paul Engel who wrote (59584)	5/25/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584599

RE:"By the way - AMD had to "jack up" the K6 voltage from 2.9 to 3.2/3.3 just to reach 200 and 233 MHz on the 0.35 micron process".... I think it was just the 233 that needed to voltage jump. I remember when they decided to scrap the .35u and go to .25u and all the jokes here that "if they can't get .35u right, how can they ever get .25u right?" Well, funny how they got .25u to 400 without a voltage kick. Jim

To: Paul Engel who wrote (59584)	5/25/1999 4:45:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584599

Paul - RE: "I attended the K6 launch - at AMD's headquarters - on April 2, 1997. Got a swell T- Shirt !" So were you a Believer back then? "Careful reading of the AMD "data" showed clearly that the K6 - while a decent entry - was not going to be an Intel Killer - despite Sander's "SNEAK DEMO" of a 0.35 micron 266 MHz K6 that NEVER MADE IT TO PRODUCTION." Well, AMD is again showing off a MHz above Intel's, but this time, there have been reports that yields on that chip are actually BETTER than expected. This is an important difference.