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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77455)	10/27/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

I though outfits like Mips made these gaming chips and they cost under $10 and run graphics extremely well. Why use an Athlon...seems like a waste... --- (Disclaimer: I know nothing of whether the X-Box even exists, much less what any plans for it would be.) Most consoles do use inexpensive RISC chips. For instance, the new Sega Dreamcast (got one, very cool) uses a Hitachi SH-4 chip. If Microsoft were to enter this market, I would think that leveraging the existing installed base of Windows games would have to be part of the strategy. Thus an x86 processor such as the Athlon... - Eric