Intel Corp (INTC)

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Slow down and read the article. The 5% doesn't refer to
yield, but rather the fraction of IBM foundry customers
that get their chips perfect on first silicon and don't do
respins. Given what we know of C stepping Prescott
Intel wouldn't likely have been in that 5% either okay?


Whatever it is, Nvidia didn't seem to think it was worth sticking it out. Apparently they thought the issue was big enough to move their contract back to their old foundry. Doesn't look like a simple "respin" issue to me. But what do I know. I guess "Design" knows about Manufacturing Yield better then "Process".

And you're right, yield of first spin of Prescott wasn't in the 5%. I heard Much Higher. Maybe you're thinking Speed Bin.

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