Intel Corp (INTC)

[Dan3]

Re: do you have any information on how amd is doing with their transition to .09? I am curious. The more transistors the more leakage.

Only what's been reported in the press (their present schedule calls for them to start shipping late Q1 or early Q2).

AMD has already started using an SOI process because it reduces leakage. In theory, with the experience they're gaining from making SOI parts at 130nm, AMD should have a relatively easy transition to 90nm.

But that's the theory that predicted that their experience with copper on .18 would make for an easy transition to .13 - and that's not what happened.