Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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RGood - Thanks for saying that.
I was beginning to think that Dan 3 and YBank dont
believe that INTC does indeed have a mask design team.

I think it comes from AMD press releases where they make it sound as if a new stepping is a big deal. I've seen as many as 4-5 steppings in production at the same time and some of those steppings were on slightly different processes or even multiple processes. Intel can do multiple steppings that do not effect logic without the need to notify customers. Speedpath work goes on constantly and customers never need to see the steppings changes. You can bet that AMD is spinning mask sets at a feverish pace trying to enhance binsplits. No need to announce anything if there's no change visible to the customer but you know it's happening as we type.