electro-Physics: 3.3 volts

[Dwight K. Elvey]

Hi Joe
 Actually, the East Germans fab ours. They are packaged
in Singapore. We do the design and debug, though.
 That may change in the future, who knows. Still,
by we, I included all of the AMD employees.
Dwight

>From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
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>At 10:25 AM 12/10/04 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Hi
>> I don't think I'm giving away any trade secrets by mentioning
>>that the primary reason for going to lower voltages is to
>>reduce power consumption. The thinner oxides are to make them
>>work at lower voltages( needs more gain ). Power is a squared
>>factor of the voltage. Even a small reduction in voltage is
>>a big payoff in power. If we could make the transistors work
>>at 0.1 volts, we'd be doing it.
>> Remember, we make these things.
>
>   No you don't. The Chinese, Koreans, Malaysians and other Asians do.
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>    Joe
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>
>>Dwight
>>from AMD.
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