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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (81213)	11/27/1999 5:08:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

Jimmy Mac, <the fact that the Xeon is no faster than the P-III floppermine...and OEMs see it...more pressure on Intels ASPs this quarter...> Funny. I hear that Profusion 8-way chipset sales are growing at a very healthy rate this quarter. That means more sales of 550 MHz Xeons w/ 2 MB of cache at over $3,000 a pop. Sure, it would be nice if those 2 MB Xeons were available at higher speeds, but those 550 MHz versions are still going to make a significant positive impact on Intel's ASP. It's understandable why not many customers are going with the Coppermine Xeons. But that doesn't mean Xeon sales as a whole are falling. In fact, thanks to Profusion, the reverse may be true. Tenchusatsu

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (81213)	11/27/1999 5:13:00 PM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

Jim, A report from C't online - Translated to English: translator.go.com German Version: ix.de ___________________________________________________________________ Asus strengthens support for Athlon board The Main board manufacturer Asus carries now also for its board K7M, which was conceived for AMDs Athlon, support out by telephone Hotline and E-Mail. Besides Asus placed the technical data of the Athlon board including manual in the PDF format and notes to the Jumper adjustment in Internet. " we do not apply the K7M, but we offer the full Asus support, " such a coworker of the German address too c't. Before Asus had offered no assistance with questions, which concerned the Athlon board. Only updated BIOS versions were placed ready for the Download. The new page can remarkably only over the search function or by direct speech be attained but not by a left of the Asus homepage out. The manufacturer attaches obviously great importance to underline the OEM status of the K7M. The page carries the additional note that it represents only one reference for OEM customers and retailers. As long as the retail trade however the Asus K7M sold and the support functions, the final customer the official status of the board can be rather all the same. Thus Asus beside bio star and FIC offers to third manufacturers in Germany as support for Athlon Mainboards. Gigabyte and MSI sell their boards further without manufacturer support. The output 24/99 contains a test of all five Main boards for the AMD Athlon, available in Germany, c't ___________________________________________________________________ Goutama

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (81213)	11/28/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574096

RE <<< Some might say that it's a reach saying the Athlon had anything to do with it until you look at some sale/earnings of those Taiwan motherboard makers that make Athlon boards...like Microstar who have taken a big jump in recent months...>>> Jim, that was my point exactly; in the past few weeks, an exaggeration of AMD's importance and influence seems to have occurred. To quote you, some are saying that it was the Athlon that put CPQ on top. Next it will be AMD who will determine who runs for President next year. Just as the thread was hypercritical of AMD just 3-4 months ago, now it seems the thread thinks that AMD can do no wrong. Remember AMD APPEARS to be changing but it certainly is not happening this fast. And don't forget who the competitor is, intc, the most succesful chipmaker the world has seen to date. This situation is analoguous to the education argument waged by the intellidiots like m.cluney, and her compadres like j. gauthier and elmer. In her pomposity and arrogance cluney argues with Ali, claiming over and over that the US has the best education in the world when qualifying statistics have shown for years that this is not true. The US, in fact, usually comes in 8th-10th. However the US wins out in many areas (altough not all like the intellidiot claims) because of its large size and numbers, and its already established lead in many industries. Intc is like the US. It has the lead in many areas of he chip world. And even though intc has screwed up in the past few months, it is still a huge and wealthy fighting machine that NEVER can be underestimated. To do so would be foolhardy. Most analysts consider a company's turnaround successful when it has 4-6 quarters of sequential and YOY growth under its belt. So its a little early for AMD to "party like its 1999". But it is okay to party like its 1998 ;~) ted