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To: Tony Viola who wrote (35357)	7/31/1998 10:00:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) of 1574059

Tony, this is a link to an interview with an AMD representative. It was first posted by Petz. In this the AMD spokesman appears to let slit that the K7 may not be all that the AMD faithful are expecting. When asked if the K7 will be competitive with Willamette he replied as follows. "We can say that K7 is a 7th generation processor design. As such it is meant to compete with Intel's next 7th generation CPU code named "Willamette" K7 will outclass any current Intel design based on 6th generation PII, including XEON. " My interpretation is that K7 will compete, but it will not be competitive with Willamette. It will be faster than ANY CURRENT P6/XEON DESIGN, AMD's own words, not mine, which means todays 400mhz XEON. That does not mean it will be faster than next months 450mhz Xeon, or a 500mhz Katmai. Also, knowing AMD's marketing technics, it may only mean that it will be faster than a 400mhz Xeon at blasting mutant aliens (tm EPHUD '98). Message 5195360 cpu.simplenet.com EP

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