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To: Scumbria who wrote (84480)	6/25/1999 1:23:00 AM
From: Gary Ng	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, Re: Do you think that Dirk Meyer, the architect of the world's fastest server microprocessor (the 21264), is now turning out junk for AMD? Absolutely not. But Dirk Meyer's past record in turning out marketable(or profitable) CPU is questionable. Gary

To: Scumbria who wrote (84480)	6/25/1999 1:28:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Do you think that Dirk Meyer, the architect of the world's fastest server microprocessor (the 21264), is now turning out junk for AMD?" Scumbria, HP now has the worlds fastest processor (fabed by Intel), not Alpha (also fabed by Intel). EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (84480)	6/25/1999 2:05:00 AM
From: Shahen Petrosian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

> Do you think that Dirk Meyer, the architect of the world's fastest server microprocessor (the 21264), is now turning out junk for AMD? No. I wouldn't call any of the current AMD chips, junk. However, it takes more than not producing junk to compete with the world's largest chipmaker. I think the importance of supplier reliability is even more magnified on the high end and AMD's record speaks for itself, regardless of who is at the helm. I think the strategy of competing with Intel on the high end is a very dangerous one for AMD. It's a make or break strategy and given the reliability record, the financial losses of this and previous quarters, the small number of fabs and the fact that AMD brand has been associated with low end products tilts the odds of success strongly against AMD, rendering it a poor investment in my opinion.

To: Scumbria who wrote (84480)	6/25/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, Re: "Do you think that Dirk Meyer, the architect of the world's fastest server microprocessor (the 21264), is now turning out junk for AMD?" Does Meyer also head up AMD's process or manufacturing areas? Old saw in this industry: 'anybody can make just one.' Tony