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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Joe NYC who wrote (101198)3/31/2000 1:44:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (3) of 1572909
 
Jozef, <I am not sure if there is any Spitfire chipset in the pipeline specifically targeted for low end. Maybe AMD plans to leave more of that market to Intel as AMD's chips move to the higher end.>

Well, that brings up a good question. Where exactly is Spitfire targeted? Can't be low-end; Spitfire just can't compete against Celeron price-wise.

Perhaps it can go in the mid-range, where Pentium III systems between 500 and 800 MHz are being sold. That will allow AMD to continue selling into the mainstream while attempting to go even higher in the high-end with Thunderbird.

Now, how well will Spitfire perform relative to the current Athlon? It's pretty much a tie between the current Athlon and the Coppermine Pentium III (clock-for-clock), so all Spitfire needs to do is roughly match the current Athlon.

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