All, I am not an electrical packaging guy and I have a simple question. Is a flip chip interconnect required a Gen2 PCIe switch? Why and what is the downside of doing a wire bond at Gen 2 speeds. Thanks Dev Malladi Director, Packaging Operations 870, W. Maude ave Sunnyvale, CA. 94085 (408) 962 3475 (408) 774 2169 (Fax) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu