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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: FJB who wrote (40580)11/1/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (2) of 1583680
 
Re: "You keep using this word "foil" with respect to the K7? What does that mean in the context in which you are using it? The dictionary definitions of foil seem unrelated even in metaphorical terms."

All that has ever been seen of the K7 is simply the presentation "foils" at the Microprocessor Forum when AMD discussed some elements of the architecture. Intel has demoed, in public, a 800+mhz Katmai system. One can hardly question if the Katmai exists or if it is stable. Silicon may exist for the K7 but AMD has never let anyone see anything but the "foils". This would lead one to conclude that if silicon exists, it is too unstable to risk a demo, however they'd be proud to show you the "foils".

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