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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 207.67+2.2%Jan 12 3:59 PM EST
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To: pgerassi who wrote (27638)2/7/2001 7:34:37 AM
From: cs_horkRead Replies (3) of 275872
 
Thanks for the info, Pete. So what is Athlon SFF?

I'm thinking it might just be desktop Palomino. It seems too early (and too expensive) to be Morgan. If you compare processors at the same prices (3-5-01) to the Athlons, you get this:


Price      Athlon speed  Athlon SFF speed
152        950           900
201        1.1 Ghz       950
223        1.2 Ghz       1 Ghz


Assuming these are desktop CPUs (since the mobiles are listed separately), it looks like these are treated as equivalent to current Athlons of 1 or 2 speed grades higher.

Holding the clock speed constant:


Speed      Athlon price   Athlon SFF price
900        143            152
950        152            201
1000       170            223


Same idea, the SFFs are more valuable than same clocked Athlons (with 900s priced to move a little faster).

So what does SFF stand for? And why do they top out at 1 Ghz? Hopefully marketing reasons and not manufacturing ones. Perhaps they're starting at lower speeds to keep from hurting Tbird prices on the upper end.

Unfortunately for my theory, they're also a good bit cheaper than same clocked Mobile Athlons, which would be hard to figure if both were Palominos. Maybe the mobiles have some unique features or packaging. I guess we'll know in less than a month.

Chris
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