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The '''250 nm process''' ('''250 nanometer process''' or '''0.25&nbsp;μm process''') is a level of semiconductor process technology that was reached by most manufacturers in the 1997&ndash;1998 timeframe.

==Products featuring 250&nbsp;nm manufacturing process==
*The [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[Alpha 21264|Alpha 21264A]], which was made commercially available in 1999.
*The [[AMD K6-2]] ''Chomper'' and ''Chomper Extended''. Chomper was released on May 28, 1998.
*The [[AMD K6-III]] "Sharptooth" used 250&nbsp;nm.
*The mobile [[Pentium MMX]] ''[[P5 (microarchitecture)#P55C, Tillamook|Tillamook]]'', released in August 1997. 
*The [[Pentium II]] ''[[Deschutes (microprocessor)|Deschutes]]''.
*The [[Pentium III]] ''[[Katmai (microprocessor)|Katmai]]''.
*The [[Dreamcast]]'s CPU and GPU.
*The initial version of the [[Emotion Engine]] processor used in the [[PlayStation 2]].

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