<AMD is sandbagging with 650 MHz. They'll ship 800 MHz if they have too. If AMD can produce 500 MHz K6-2 then they certainly can produce 800 MHz Althons. The Althon/K7 is is super pipelined design.>
1) If AMD is really sandbagging with the 650 MHz, we'd see them in much bigger quantities than we're seeing them right now. Why produce 500, 550, and 600 MHz speed grades if everything can be sold at 650 MHz, just enough to top Intel's fastest clock? (No, it's not an issue of demand, since Athlon supply is so low anyway.)
2) AMD is using the same manufacturing tricks on the 500 MHz K6-2 as they're using on the Athlon. That explains why the new K6-2 runs at 2.2 volts instead of 2.4 volts. In other words, it's a mid-life kicker.
3) Ooooh, Athlon is super-pipelined. In case you haven't heard already, so is Pentium III. And technically, so is Pentium II/Pro/Xeon, Celeron, Pentium, Pentium MMX, and K6-x.
<But wait, I hear that K8 will also dramatically change the computing landscape.>
I hear the same thing, too. I also hear that eating dog meat in Korea will improve my virility. Speaking of dog meat, I wonder what AMD has planned for the K9.
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