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Indications Of Massive INTC 90nm Ramp?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040223015742.html
Some reports indicate yield issues with Pentium 4 “Prescott” processors and inability of a certain number of chips to work in officially specified 2.80GHz – 3.40GHz speed range. In case we suppose that there are yield issues with the Pentium 4 CPUs at 90nm technology process, then, the appearance of 2.40GHz model is quite logical, as Intel now can sell chips that do not fit into the original frequency envelope. On the other hand, Intel itself commented a number of times that it is more cost-efficient to make 90nm central processing units rather than 130nm devices. Therefore, the introduction of 2.40GHz processor with Prescott core may be an indicator of 90nm massive ramp.


fwiw, It is Certainly more cost efficient, to make 90nm devices on 300mm wafers, then 130nm devices on 200mm wafers.

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