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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (34260)	7/10/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (3) of 1571911

Re: "Well, I'm surprised people aren't more excited about this. The Xeon is only 5-10% faster than the PII. I'm sure the K7 will be much faster." The Xeon is probably MUCH more that 5-10% faster than a PII in MPU systems. That's where it is intended to be used. If you look at single processor banchmarks then you will get the wrong comparison. As for the K7, I expect it will be well behind Intel's offering when it (the K7) finally ships. I'm not refering to Merced, but rather Coppermine, Tanner and Willamette. Also, AMD's design engineers are jumping ship about as fast as they can. Who's going to stick around for more humilation? People stick around for 3 things. 1) Salary 2) Stock options 3) Job satisfaction #1 AMD can't pay competatively cause they have to keep Jerry in fresh limo's. #2 Don't make me laugh. Look at AMD's 10 year chart. #3 Need I say more? AMD has to be the most depressing environment in the Valley. Add to this the aggravation of watching Jerry rake in 10's of $Millions on his repriced options while the rest of the crowd sucks hind tit. You can't blame the designers for leaving. What fool is going to stay there? EP

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