Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Paul

Looking at page 6 of http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/25759.pdf,
AMD did not find it necessary to package the last two K8-steppings for Opteron-products. I assume they would certainly have done so if there were any substantial 90nm delays or 90nm products would not be expected to become available for high-performance parts.

OTOH, a new stepping just weeks before deploying 90nm parts carries the message that 130nm SOI will still be manufactured for considerable time; "great yields" on 90nm probably just means "good enough for ramping wafers for shipments of server-(and FX) products".

K.