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Elmer

I have no desire to attack or destroy you.

Well, I did not invite anybody to attack me - let alone destroy me. You read me long enough what is to expect when this happens. :) What I want to be attacked are the concepts i put on the table.

As for variation, I could not care less who says what on which board about it. As for sreening it, yes you can, but you cannot screen it out. Nobody can.

how big a problem it is apparently varies from company to company
I could not agree more. It depends in how far designs for manufacturability are taking the phenomenon into account. From what I see Intel seems to handle the issue better than AMD. Not on the manufacturing side of the house. It's in the dfm. No clue how they do it, though. They talk a lot. But not about this.

K.