Nov 08,99
        AMD Systems- Computer Currents (Bay Area) Advertisements

11-09-99|#----+++++++*********      "*" = K7-700 & below
10-26-99|#--+++++++++++**           "+" = K7-650 &  ,,
10-12-99|#---++++++++++             "-" = K7-600 &  ,,
09-28-99|##------+                  "#" = K7-500 only.
        |______________________________________________________

            % of Athlon Ads 
Nov 09,99 |**************** (21/34, 62%)
Oct 26,99 |************** (16/27, 57%)
Oct 12,99 |************ (14/30, 47%)
Sep 28,99 |********* (10/27, 37%)
          |________________________________________________________

            Sept 28   Oct 12   Oct 26   Nov 09
            -------   -------  -------  -------
            Adv  %    Adv  %   Adv  %   Adv  %    
            --- ---   --- ---  --- ---  --- ---
Total Adds  27  100%  30  100% 28  100% 34  100%
  AMD Adds  22   82%  23   77% 23   82% 28   82%
 (AMD - K7) 20   74%  22   73% 20   71% 24   71%
      K6-2  19  70%   20  67%  18  64%  22   65%
      K6-3  14  52%   15  50%  14  50%  19   56%
   K7 Adds  10  37%   14  47%  16  57%  21   62%
  500 only  2         1        1        1
 600&below  7         3        2        4
 650&below  1         10       11       7
 700&below  0         0        2        9

My Observations:

1) No Intel PIII - "E" or "B" or "EB" system advertisements!

2) AMD K6-x proliferation is at 71%. It used to be less than
   50% a year ago.

3) AMD k6-x + Athlon proliferation is at 82%. The reason for
   this is that AMD K7 penetrated the outlets that specialize
   in the highend systems geared towards small businesses -
   with SCSI stuff, tape backups, network HW, etc. Prices
   $3000 and up.

4) Steady increase of Athlon total advertisements.

5) Pretty good jump in K7-700 offerings indicating a good
   supply.

6) Seems that mobo supply is not a big problem any more.

7) Noticed many advertisements of dual PIII systems. AMD
   needs DUAL Athlon systems ASAP to fill this gap.
 
Regards,
Goutama