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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Charles R who wrote (55949)4/21/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1571687
 
<Doesn't it make sense for AMD to support a K7 variant on socket 7? Especially given the infrastructure and cost benefits? Shouldn't such a thing still perform better than PIII?

For the consumer market, since "MHz sells" and "cost is the king", what would be some good reasons not to do this?>

1) The K7 isn't really aimed at the market who thinks only in terms of "MHz sells" or "cost is king." It's aimed at those who demand high performance and don't mind shelling out extra bucks for a new motherboard based on new technology.

2) AMD is also eyeing multiprocessor workstations and servers with the K7. Although Socket 7 can do multiprocessing, it really isn't that good at it.

3) For the Socket 7 space, it's a sure bet that AMD will continue supporting it with the K6-III.

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