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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 216.95+0.8%10:17 AM EST

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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (20068)11/21/2000 4:45:10 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
> The Pentium, Pentium II, K6 couldnn't compete on a Mhz to Mhz basis with the Cyrix 686...

That's because the 6x86 offered lower overall performance, not just lower MHz.

Also, there were tons of areas where the 6x86 had lower same-clock performance.

> I'm afraid the Athlon will have to scale well to keep up...

The two situations are not exactly identical.

But I do agree that AMD needs to ramp Athlon as fast as they can.

    -JC
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