Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 15:13:30 02/28/03
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On February 27, 2003 at 18:09:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Sorry, but it _is_ true. Yes, parts are marked "down" when there is a demand, >but >ask an engineer that works for one of these companies. They don't design >something >and hope it will run fast. They know _before they start_ how fast it is going >to clock >within a small error margin. How do you figure? If I estimate that a chip will run at 2GHz based on average gate and wire delays for my target process, and I get some chips that run at 1GHz and some that run at 3GHz (not unusual), was I correct with a small error margin? -Tom
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