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To: grok who wrote (61516)	6/11/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572086

KZN - Re: "What is the significance of the word "binary" in this statement? As far as I know people take the source from Spec and compile it with whatever compiler they choose. Therefore Intel produces their binaries and publishes Spec numbers and AMD produces their binaries and publishes their numbers. Or is someone providing standard binaries for x86 now? Your statement about K7 CMOV makes me wonder if they added it so they could run these standard binaries" You raise an excellent point. My guess is that we will have to wait for independent benchmark tests to properly compare the K7 to the Pentium III CPU. Remember what AMD/Sanders said about the K6-2 vs the Pentium II before the K6-2 was launched: " According to benchmark results presented at the meeting, a 300-MHz K6-2 will outperform the speed of Pentium II and will deliver performance comparable to a 400-MHz Pentium II, according to Jerry Sanders, AMD chairman and CEO, who promised the K6-2 will be AMD's first "differentiated offering." Paul {===================================} techweb.com AMD Readies For Intel Battle (04/30/98; 7:42 p.m. ET) By Kelly Spang, TechWeb Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will go head-to-head with Intel's Pentium II starting May 28, when AMD rolls out its next-generation K6 chip. Previously called the K6-3D, AMD (company profile) Thursday renamed the processor the K6-2, but still plans to incorporate the company's 3-D NOW technology. At its May debut, the K6-2 will be running at around 300 MHz and increase in speed in the second half of the year, according to a product road map chart presented at Thursday's annual shareholder meeting. According to benchmark results presented at the meeting, a 300-MHz K6-2 will outperform the speed of Pentium II and will deliver performance comparable to a 400-MHz Pentium II, according to Jerry Sanders, AMD chairman and CEO, who promised the K6-2 will be AMD's first "differentiated offering." The K6-2 is based on the 100-MHz system bus. At launch time, chipset companies, including Acer Laboratories and others, will have adequate supplies to support the K6-2 in the second half of the year, according to Sanders. "Basically, it's is our intention to sell the K6-2 in the second half as our major volume item," he said. By the fourth quarter, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD will deliver its third-generation K6 -- the K6-3D, code-named Sharptooth -- running at 400 MHz, with 265 kbytes of backside Level-2 cache. Addressing the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decision to approve Intel's (company profile) acquisition of Digital Equipment's semiconductor operations, Sanders said discussions were under way with Digital regarding a technology license of its Alpha chip, but he would not comment on specifics. The FTC ruling does not impact AMD's use of the EV-6 Alpha bus for AMD's K7 product, slated for introduction in the first half of 1999, Sanders said. At Thursday's meeting, shareholders defeated a proposal to create separate chairman and CEO positions, which would have meant seeking an outside chairman. Shareholders also shot down a proposal that would make the company's compensation committee more independent