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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (61295)	6/10/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571983

RE:"Now, a 500MHz K6-III is supposed to come out next week, but what good will it do if OEMs aren't using the K6-III? Maybe they were afraid it wouldn't sell because it has been only 400 and 450MHz, or the same MHz as the K6-2. I have no idea, but I would really like to know"... Shawn, Remember, Mhz Sells (TM-McMannis).... At 400 and a few at 450 the K6-III was essentially outcompeted by the K6-2 at 450 and 475. AMD was unable to use the "Intel segmentation strategy" of running the more advanced chips at higher MHzs. In the last month or so, the yields on the all K6s has improved so I would expect that game to be played a little better with K6-IIIs being offered at 500 and 550 Mhz while selling the k6-2s at 475 (maybe 500). Unfortunately, with the K7 coming along at even higher Mhzs this doesn't give much time for the K6-III sales to get up to speed. Like I've said so many times before, I see the K6-III as a nice stopgap to get to the K7. I also don't see any priority to do a complete shrink on the K6-III to .18u. Right now a partial shrink and 600 MHz speed is about all I am hoping for for the K6-III going into the fall. Jim