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To: herb will who wrote (68930)	8/16/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Burt Masnick	Respond to of 1572838

Re"The reports from manufacturers indicates that they have been somewhat slow to jump on to the Athlon bandwagon for two basic reasons: processor availability and system stability." And "Manufacturers have reported to us that they are seeing stability problems with the AMD chipset" Aha. That explains the slow start for the chip and the strange behavior of the tier 1 boxmakers.

To: herb will who wrote (68930)	8/16/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1572838

Herb, What do you think? Looks bad, right? If true, it will mean some delays. Scumbria

To: herb will who wrote (68930)	8/16/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1572838

Herb, Infrastructure has definitely been one of the problems with Athlon launch and that's the reason for the delays so far. All the indications point to this problem being pretty small right now. The article itself seems to indicate this is old news. Nonetheless, thanks for reminding the risks for AMD shareholders. Chuck