OT, But interesting

[Ben Pfaff]

Sean <picasso@madflower.com> writes:

> Does AMD use IBM's Copper technology? I know Intel licensed the Copper 
> Technology with the "coppermine" series, 

I believe that that is incorrect.  I think that Coppermine still
uses aluminum interconnects.  At least, that's what Tom's
hardware was claiming back in October:
	http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/99q4/991025/coppermine-02.html
Maybe it's been done since then?

(When do we move to silver interconnects?  Silver is the element
with the highest conductivity.)