Replies to post #7959 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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"E.g. they use different Wafers, to start with."

That's not the biggest difference, they use radically different low-k dielectrics. Black Diamond is applied via chemical vapor deposition and IBM uses SiLK, which is a spin on. Not only are the characteristics of the low-k dielectrics differ, they need different equipment to apply them.