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To: tejek who wrote (77481)	10/27/1999 10:38:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1573812

Ted, Modenr game stations are surprisingly powerful, but restricted in what they do. Optimised for image creation and manipulation they are often bigger and faster than many general purpose CPUs. If MSFT wants to use some derivative of WINXX/CE etc that is the only reason to want an x86 CPU. When the time comes then they will make their choice. It is quite possible that AMD would be able to make a custom version/package for MSFT, so could Intel. Surplus chips....good ones are kept to sell and fill warranty needs at most places. If an enormous surplus is made then a deal will be made with a major maker(often in another country) to buy them and use them up. Eventually they end up in the gold recycling bin Bill

To: tejek who wrote (77481)	10/28/1999 1:06:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573812

Ted, <I think that is what you have been saying. Right?> Bingo. Speaking of which, I don't know of any upcoming PC processor that would be ideal for the Gamebox. Athlon has an excellent FPU, but isn't really going to work unless AMD had an Intel-sized manufacturing capacity. Timna would be great for the cost, yet I'm not confident that its 3D graphics performance would be up to par. Willamette would be excellent, yet it's going to be even more expensive to produce than Athlon. Coppermine? Eh, not really. It's just so hard for me to imagine anything coming close to Sony's Emotion engine. Even Nintendo must be running scared. That thing has been architected right from the start to be extremely powerful in graphics, yet makes a good fit for (relatively) low-cost consoles. Whether Toshiba (I think) can make enough volumes for Sony, that's another question. Tenchusatsu