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To: Gottfried who wrote (25025)	10/8/1998 2:00:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (3) of 70976

<A HREF='http://usas1.advfn.com/oasis/oasisc.php?s=45&w=336&h=280&t=_blank' TARGET='_blank'><IMG SRC='http://usas1.advfn.com/oasis/oasisi.php?s=45&w=336&h=280&t=_blank' WIDTH=336 HEIGHT=280 BORDER=0></A> GM, AMD has definitely been having yield problems with the K6-2. Unfortunately, many of the process problems manifest themselves in the form of intermittent failures which may not be caught before shipment. As a result, the field failure rates on K6-2 are significantly higher than on other microprocessors. Supposedly the problem has been fixed, and new product they are shipping will be OK. But it doesn't say much for their quality control. Bottom line is that manufacturing was never AMD's strength and it still isn't. That's a killer problem in an increasingly high-volume and lower margin business. mg
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