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To: Goutam who wrote (82600)	12/10/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571806

RE <<<One source said AMD was stealing customers from Intel thanks to the Athlon range and Intel supply chain problems. "Customers who wouldn't usually look at AMD are definitely buying the Athlon. AMD seems to be a bit ahead of the pack at the moment," he said.>>> Goutama Definitely good news!! But I still want to know why I am not being told about these stray factories! Seriously did you know that AMD was building a factory in China? ted

To: Goutam who wrote (82600)	12/10/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571806

From an interview with an Intel PR guy: (This first quote is for Paul's edification) Pentium(R) III processor on 0.18 micron process takes the basic Pentium(R) III processor with its SSE support (used in MS DirectX and many apps and games) and adds an on-die full speed 256bit-wide path 256K L2 Advanced Transfer Cache as well as increased number of buffers (Advanced System Buffering) which allow more information to get to the CPU faster. These improvements allow for an immediate 25% boost in performance clock to clock over the .25 micron Pentium III processor, as measured by CPUmark99. This is also humorous: As far as the Itanium processor, we feel that to truly take full advantage of 64 bit address ability and reliability, you need to start from the ground up. Putting "extensions" on IA-32 to get to 64 bits in the big iron world is like putting new tires on a Pinto, you still own a Pinto. voodooextreme.com Pravin

To: Goutam who wrote (82600)	12/10/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571806

<Panrix is offering two machines - the Magnum 750, with 128MB memory, 13.5GB hard drive, AGP Creative GeForce Annihilator 32MB graphics card, 56.6 modem, 17 inch screen and Windows 98 at œ1,685 plus VAT. And the Magnum Max 750 - aimed at the engineering or scientific computer aided design (CAD) market. It has 256MB SDRAM, 18GB hard drive, Diamond Fire GL graphics card, 19 inch screen, uses the NT operating system and costs œ3,485 plus VAT. > Nice to see AMD getting into Workstation/Server SKUs.