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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (78212)	11/2/1999 4:40:00 PM
From: Saturn V	Respond to of 1571808

Ref- <I don't really think the media has an impact on whether or not a third party is gonna further support the AThlon. It has been a couple of months since the Athlon came out, do you see the media's effect of more and more motherboard makers yet? I don't. Only a few companies' boards are available. > Once a third party decides to support 'Athwipe', it takes six to nine months before the product is widely available. Right now the poor availability of 'Athwipe' motherboards reflects the very unimpressive K-7 performance leaks of April/June timeframe. The media coverage of the good K-7 benchmarks and the 'Floppermine' delay, probably caused some infrastructure developers to take attention in July/August , which would have an impact on motherboard availability in March - June 2000. However the improvement in the 'Floppermine' situation since September may cause some of the developers to lose interest in the 'Athwipe'. < And as far as chipsets, Via, Ali, and Sis have already commited to the Athwipe platform. > Not all the announced commitments will materialize. The third party vendors have their own individual agenda, which can change at a moments notice. If you can afford it, it pays to manufacture the motherboards and chipsets yourself.