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To: kapkan4u who wrote (116465)	6/19/2000 7:40:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) of 1571472

Re: "Wow! What a revelation! If not for defective Athlons, AMD could have just changed BIOS and stuck them in SMP ready Alpha MBs instead of spending millions developing chipsets and reference boards. But seriously, what you said is a total nonsense. Can we see a link please?" You got it! Defective Athlons! How about this: news.cnet.com AMD hints at partnership with Digital But probably of even more significance, AMD will tap into Digital Equipment's Alpha processor architecture to enhance the K7's design. Specifically, AMD will use Alpha's "EV6 bus protocol" in its K7 processor, AMD said. Alpha is Digital's high-speed, 64-bit chip. Greg Favor, a senior fellow at AMD, said that conceivably this might mean that the K7 and Alpha processors would achieve a certain level of compatibility, essentially allowing both chips to be used interchangeably on computer circuit boards, referred to as "motherboards." Analysts agree. "They [the K7 and Alpha processors] could use the same chip set," said Michael Slater, editorial director of the Microprocessor Report, referring to the accompanying chips that allow the processor to talk with other components in the computer. EP

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