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To: Paul Engel who wrote (40890)	11/5/1998 12:05:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) of 1572745

Paul, I didn't ask what Intel does. I asked how long it takes an OEM to build a box. From your answer, I'll estimate that it takes 4-6 plus 1-2 weeks, leaving a range of 5-8 weeks. That's still short of the number that Toni Beckham gave me. So my best guess is that K6-3 ships in volume in mid-Q1 1999. That's a production slip of 1.5 months. I'm well aware that when Intel introduces a product, it normally can be found in products within a week or two of their introduction. However, keep in mind that the OEMs that have the product available first are Dell and Gateway, which have shorter manufacturing leadtimes. I expect that when K6-2 400 debuts, OEM announcements will occur simultaneously, and boxes will ship very shortly thereafter. Apparently this won't be the case for K6-3. In any case, why should AMD be bound by Intel's announcement policy? If they want to have their own, so be it. AMD does need to develop some consistency about how they make their announcements, though. Otherwise they're completely useless for their informational content. Kevin

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