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To: Charles R who wrote (83589)	12/19/1999 8:07:00 PM
From: Yougang Xiao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572246

Chuck: <<AMD may be making its own announcement soon - may be as early as Monday - don't know how much legs this on has.>> Would be sweet to its employees and shareholders as Xmas gift, if AMD can do either of the following: 1. Announcement of sampling 900 Mhz and set firm date in January for VOLUME delivery of 800 Mhz. 2. Announcement of Fab 30 partnership. 3. Best of all, announcement of profitability for Q4.

To: Charles R who wrote (83589)	12/19/1999 8:10:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572246

Dell posts Official SPEC scores confirming that even a 700MHz 440BX based CuMine system beats AMD's fastest Athlon (750MHz) in SPECint95 specbench.org EP

To: Charles R who wrote (83589)	12/19/1999 10:46:00 PM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572246

Chuck, I think it will take a blind man not to see through this crap but I am looking forward to see how many analysts can see through this vaporware BS. It will be interesting to watch how this situation is going to unfold. I think Intel is taking a chance here expecting that they could crank up the volume by mid Jan'00. IMHO, AMD would be in a great positions if they can get K6-2+s out in 500, 550 and 575 speed grades by early Jan'00 - so they can really take advantage of this situation by eliminating Athlon 5xxs and dropping prices on Athlon 6xx+ by about $100 (Athlon 600 lowest price on Price Watch is at $380) Regards, Goutama

To: Charles R who wrote (83589)	12/19/1999 11:23:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572246

Chuck - RE: "There is a rumor running around that AMD may be making its own announcement soon - may be as early as Monday - don't know how much legs this on has." I hope it is not an Athlon 800 announcement. My guess is AMD will again pre-announce Q4 pretty soon and in the press release mention 800s are being shipped to OEMs. I don't want a full-fledged announcement that 800s are "currently available".

To: Charles R who wrote (83589)	12/19/1999 11:42:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572246

Chuckles - Re: "P.S.: There is a rumor running around that AMD may be making its own announcement soon - may be as early as Monday - don't know how much legs this on has." AMD at LEAST has their PR machine in HIGH GEAR. According Anand, he has already been "seeded" with an 800 MHz Spry Wipey PC Machine and has been instructed by Cherry Sanders to release the BENCHMARKS tomorrow - Monday, December 20. anandtech.com "I'd like to personally thank you all for your support, enjoy Win98Central.com and as far as what you all are looking for, exams are almost over but to thank you all for your patience during this past week be sure to stop by Monday morning for a nice little review of AMD's Athlon 800 and maybe another CPU or two :)" Maybe the "other CPU or two" are Copper Spry Wipeys running at 900 and 1000 MHz ! Paul