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AMD 217.53+1.5%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST

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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (6162)5/16/1998 2:23:00 AM
From: Ali Chen  Read Replies (2) of 6843
 
Kenith, <If compeitors can reach the level of performance using older
infarstures, Intel must have poor designs.> This is
very true. The point is that AMD HAD TO PLAY the
Socket7 field in order to gain acceptance and market
penetration. Without the Socket7 infrastructure the
K6 would be the same failure as the Nx586 was, with
proprietary bus and no chipset support.

Anyone can invent a new bus, and much better than
the Intel ingenious Socket7. The real problem is
how to convince IHV to play by your rules and
against the 800-lbs gorilla. I hope the EV6
architecture will find it's way to the life
since it is backed by CPQ/DEC/Samsung/AMD
alliance.

BTW, as per Kevin's suggestion, I run Winstone98
benchmarks on P-II and K6, with and without L2
cache. The result: P-II (at 200MHZ) drops from
18.1 to 14 (22.6%), while K6 drops from 18.0 to
15.0 (or 16.7%).
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