mas, AMD's 90nm looks trouble-free
That´s probably why it has been delayed another two to three months last year already, and the 90nm demonstration samples were running @ 800Mhz, according to Anand? Sorry, but at this point, I don´t share Charlie´s view, at all. The 130nm episode has taught me that lesson, and as long as AMD hasn´t at least distributed samples at realistic clockspeeds, I won´t believe it. Of course it´s much better hearing good things about it, than bad.
Keith
On the other hand, while it would be nice to get high speed parts with the first die on a new Process, generally most of the people involved, are satisfied to get working parts for the first full-loop lots. As far as that goes, AMD seems to have succeeded so far, which bodes well for them at this point, although I agree with you, I wouldn't go so far as to say it looks "trouble free". If the perceived issues you describe, are Process related, rather then design/layout related, and 6 months is the timeframe, then AMD's P.E.'s better be putting in some overtime.
Semi
BTW, you might want to bookmark this......... Me, sticking up for AMD....... That noise you just heard was the ice forming in The House Of Hades. :-)
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