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To: Tony Viola who wrote (70748)	9/3/1999 11:03:00 PM
From: Jeff R	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575236

Intel has lost the battle on performance for the foreseeable future. AMD is sandbagging with 650 MHz. They'll ship 800 MHz if they have too. If AMD can produce 500 MHz K6-2 then they certainly can produce 800 MHz Althons. The Althon/K7 is is super pipelined design. AMD's goal is a shippable 1000 MHz processor once they have their Cu 0.18 process in production. You have to also remember that AMD design does much more work per MHz than the aging Pentium III/II/Pro architecture. Intel hasn't really designed a new architecture in the last 6 years. Until Intel really gets Merced into production I don't see Intel really ever regaining the speed crown. But wait, I hear that K8 will also dramatically change the computing landscape. Most people recognize now that AMD Microprocessor Designs are equal or superior to Intel's. What AMD lacks is the discipline and production muscle that Intel has built up during the years. I think I read a quote one time from Don Alpert, Intel Architect for the Pentium that said Greg Favor, AMD Architect for the K6, was the "smartest person he'd every met."