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Technology Stocks : AMD:News, Press Releases and Information Only!
AMD 253.27-2.2%9:54 AM EST
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To: Paul Engel who wrote (6339)5/28/1998 8:09:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (1) of 6843
 
RE: San Jose Mercury article. The last four paragraphs of the article
("risk factors") are bogus:

Despite the impressive performance of the chips, however, a
number of factors could derail AMD's plans.

The original K6, or K6 Classic as those chips will now be
called, also won critical praise but AMD was unable to
produce the chips fast enough to take advantage of its
opportunity.

...not likely, the daily production of the K6-2 is huge and I
have heard that YIELDS ARE HIGHER THAN THE K6 CLASSIC (0.25æ)

And while Microsoft has promised to support 3D-Now in
Windows 98 -- with enhancements that are scheduled to ship
in July -- the Department of Justice lawsuit against Microsoft
could ultimately derail that operating system.

...HUH, DirectX 6.0 beta FOR WINDOWS 95 is available now. It is not
at all a Windows'98 only product. Where in the world did San Jose
Mercury News get that idea?

Although AMD expects that the K6-2 would still offer better
performance than the original K6 even without Windows 98,
the improvement wouldn't be as noticeable on Windows 95.

...All the benchmark testing released today was on Windows 95
or Windows NT 4.0. It shows the K6-2 equivalent to a Pentium II at
the same speed in Winbench '98, the primary benchmark for business-
oriented Windows 95 applications.
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