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To: Mani1 who wrote (93389)	12/5/1999 2:38:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Mani,>>>These are legitimate and relevant questions. And they have been answered over and over by hardware review sites that are often posted on this thread as well as AMD thread. <<< Thank you for the thoughtful and informative reply. I did spend sometime on the two links you provided. But I did not understand much of it as it was technically way over my head. The same goes for all the technical discussion that goes on over at the AMD thread. To me (a sports fan, big time) the discussion of which chip architecture is superior is akin to the discussion in the hotstove league about the more valuable shortstop - Derek Jeter or Garciaparrenomo (did I mixup his name?). Adherents all have their measurable statistics (Slugging avg, HRs, RBI production, BA, fielding percentage, stolen bases, etc.), intangible assets (fielding range, throwing arm, leadership on the field, in the clubhouse, and off the field, and effectiveness in clutch situations). Of course, a lot of the discussion is tinged with home team boosterism. The bottom line may be is that there is not much difference between the two and that it really makes no diffference except for the diehard fans. The big difference is which franchise has the money, the power, and the willingness to surround these two franchise players with the supporting personnel and organization to win world championships. After looking at the situation more carefully, I must admit a degree of admiration that AMD has been able to aquire and maintain the talents of a Dirk Meyer. However, just like in baseball, the key ingredient in all this, baseball success or chip design, - it is never a one shot deal - having the best pitcher in baseball, the greatest homerun hitter, or the best modern breed shortstop, but rather it is the ability of an organization to retain talented people up and down the organization - to develop, nurture, recruit, hire, and maintain quality personnel. The bottom line in my conclusion, after looking at the evidences is that while Boston (Red Sox) is in the same league with the Yankees, and has over the years been competitive with the Yankees, and whereas AMD may have at times a faster processor or a better chip design, they are in no way competitive with Intel in terms of a business model and execution of the same. AMD would be better off finding a league of their own to compete in. As for our original question about the superior chip design, my conclusion is that in this segment of the market and in this time frame (the next two three months), the difference is not significant. It would almost be like saying that in Japanese baseball they have a pitcher that could be at the moment more powerful and can throw harder than Randy Johnson. One pitcher and one moment in time is not significant. Major league baseball is still played in North America. Regards, Mary