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To: tejek who wrote (122703)	8/21/2000 10:01:13 PM
From: Eric K.	Read Replies (2) of 1578510

John is postulating that there is a correlation between Intel's reputation and the $1100 average price for a 1 GHz P3 on pricewatch and the $500 average price for a 1 GHz Athlon. I argue that this argument is flawed because it ignores or minimizes the much more important fact that AMD has many times as many 1 GHz parts to sell. Then again, John would probably like to argue that the fact that the maximum spec'd junction temperature of the P3 at 1 GHz is about 20 degrees lower than for Athlon does not imply that Intel is having difficulty binning parts to these speeds. I'm just waiting for someone to put the temperature specs in Kelvin, and say Intel has only lowered the maximum tolerable temperature 6%. In other words, the reputation issue is important, but not to the discussion of 1 GHz pricing. This is due to the paucity of 1 GHz parts Intel is producing relative to AMD. If a person rejects that AMD is producing several times more 1 GHz parts than Intel, only then does the reputation discussion means something in this argument. -Eric

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