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To: Scot who wrote (81769)	12/2/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580594

Scot, <There's no doubt that the 750 is not scaling as well as the Athlon's with the 1/2 speed cache (based on Anand and even the AMD benchmarks). Can frequency alone compensate?> The cache multiplier basically means we are going to see steps every once in a while. 800, 850 and may be even 900 should stay with 2.5 multiplier and by that time, Integrated cache should be in. And Anand's review shows 750s being ahead of 700s by a decent margin on FP and somewhat less on int. That should be fine. I am not concerned. Also we gotto keep in mind that this is a game of perceptions. Intel has been able to sell PIII for hundreds of dollars more than Cleron when there was virtually no performance difference between them. Technically savvy folks may skip 750 but in the scheme of things this is irrelavant. Chuck

To: Scot who wrote (81769)	12/2/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580594

More trashtalking from Jerry "Thunderballs" Sanders, posted as heresay by Sharky Extreme: sharkyextreme.com Sharky Extreme listened to the interview and heard the familiar Athlon battle cries, including the fact that the Athlon is a "seventh generation processor" while the Pentium III is "last generation" (Sander's words). If Pentium III is "last generation," I wonder what Sanders thinks of Willamette/Foster, if anything. Anyway, more blathering: In response to a pointed question regarding Sander's opinion of whether or not Intel is guilty of any anti-trust violations, he responded that "Intel has had a monopoly position for the better half of this decade" and have "stymied competition and innovation." Sanders finished the thought by stating that "over the long haul it's going to become clear that Intel has not behaved appropriately." Typical two-sided talk coming out of Sanders. The Athlon is proof that competition is alive and healthy. Why, then, is he still claiming that Intel "stymied competition and innovation"? (Oh, and notice his use of Bill Gates' favorite political buzzword, "innovation.") And finally, the last point Sanders makes: Regarding AMD's future, Sanders stated that after being "first" to market with "the 600, first with the 650, first with the 700, and first with the 750 [MHz CPUs]" that he believes AMD will hit faster speed targets next year before Intel as well: "We'll be first with the 800MHz [CPU] and first with the 1GHz [CPU] next year". Ole Thunderballs is thumping his chest, thinking he's now an 800 lb. gorilla. But, to be fair, SE did say this about AMD, "They've actually hit every one of their production and delivery targets for the Athlon on time, and they seem able to continue their excellent punctuality well into 2000." Perhaps the guy really is learning something about management these days. Too bad his ego still gets in the way. Tenchusatsu