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Three-Level Metal

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From: Donald Lindsay
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 04:22
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I notice that the new i860 is built with a 3-level-metal process.

I recall that Motorola promised to build the 88110 this way,
and someone posted here expressing disbelief.

So, is the i860 really the first? And how many of the upcoming
superscalars will be three layer?
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Don		D.C.Lindsay 	Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
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From: lindsay@gandalf.cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay)
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Subject: Three-Level Metal
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Date: 21 Jun 91 04:22:07 GMT
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