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To: Goutam who wrote (79103)	11/9/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573221

From the Register - K7 750 release on Comdex show day K7 800 can be released whenever AMD chooses to 1GHz demo at Comdex show theregister.co.uk ________ AMD pumps up Athlon speed to 1GHz for Comdex Chip contender Advanced Micro Devices is now expected to demonstrate a 1GHz Athlon using a .18 micron process technology at next week's Comdex/Fall exhibition in Las Vegas. At the same time, it will announce availability of the 750MHz Athlon, and is likely to show a .18 micron 800MHz part, either on the stand or behind closed doors. It will also introduce an ad campaign in the US this Saturday, focusing on the performance of the Athlon versus the Pentium III. The 750MHz and 800MHz parts show that AMD's roadmap, which it revealed to The Register at Fab 30 in Dresden earlier this year, appears well on track. Sources close to AMD have said that the company is likely to go with a 1GHz processor in January of next year. It already has the 750MHz Athlon in production, according to sources close to AMD, and could start shipping the 800MHz whenever it chooses to. The issues are marchitectural, rather than architectural. In other words, AMD wants to maximise sales of its current processors and not jump the gun, even though it could. The news will be a further blow to Intel, which is still unable to ship a whole clutch of .18 micron Coppermine processors it announced last month, and is still reeling from comparisons between its Pentium III and the Athlon. Intel is also smarting because AMD has managed to undercut its prices. The US nationwide advert AMD will run is targeted at Intel. According to Jill Linstedt, VP of communications: "The message we want to communicate is the AMD Athlon processor is faster than Pentium III at any clockspeed. The AMD Athlon processor is targeted at end users who are looking for superior power and performance, whether running standard productivity software or the latest cutting-edge consumer, business, and scientific applications." © theregister.co.uk ________ Goutama

To: Goutam who wrote (79103)	11/9/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573221

RE <<<NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - In its first move into the "free PC" business, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news) on Tuesday said France's Avenir Telecom would offer Internet access services and an IBM personal computer for a low monthly fee. In a statement also released in Paris, IBM said it had sold Avenir an initial lot of 80,000 IBM Aptiva PCs. The Avenir service is priced at 199 francs (around $32) per month for 30 months. Consumers would receive an IBM Aptiva PC with a 15-inch monitor, an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) 400 megahertz computer chip and a complete, if basic, set-up including CD-ROM player, loudspeakers and a 56-kilobit-per-second modem.>>> Goutama, this is a bigger deal then it may seem on the surface. Until recently, the French, like with almost everything else that is non-French, have resisted the internet. They had developed a nationwide system for ordering tickets, buying certain merchandise etc. that was a quasi internet....and they continued to prefer this system until the Germans jumped into the internet with both feet. Now the French are starting to develop websites on a large scale and people are beginning to suscribe to an isp. The bottomline....this initial IBM deal could lead to a lot more business for IBM and AMD in France......a country of 40 million(?) affluent residents. ted ... More ... biz.yahoo.com