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To: Elmer who wrote (97976)	3/11/2000 11:03:00 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) of 1571200

Re: just a couple of days ago you guys were aglow about AMD winning this design... Hi Elmer, I don't think that you'll find any messages from me claiming that winning the X-Box would have been great for AMD. Such a win would have been very helpful to AMD in terms of credibility and, perhaps, software support. But I don't think that it would have been a good idea for them to commit the resources to it. Aluminum Athlons wouldn't be a good fit due to power consumption, and Dresden capacity will (hopefully!) be needed for mainstream CPUs. Intel has spare FAB capacity (for this sort of thing), spare design resources, and its bottom line won't notice that one FAB is shipping parts for just enough revenue to cover variable costs. It would have been great for AMD to have won this, but I'm not sure they could have afforded the victory! Dan

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