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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (87481)	1/16/2000 10:01:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1572633

steve, A true launch? or a PR launch(you know, parts announced and not shipped.....hell I can do that right now) AMD is taking the best path now. The let Intel break the way and then follow on with enough to fill the demand they have. A premature launch would hurt AMD more than Intel so they have to be sure before they step. Right now the assorted circuit costs are making the advantages of one speed grade worth a lot less that in the old days. Now you are lucky to get 2% task improvement with a 5% or greater CPU speed upgrade...and it is getting worse as the mobos, busses etc advance at a far slower rate. I have great hopes for this Via 133 chip set...we should see the first mobos with it next week or two. Possibly just before the earnings are out some mobos will be out with excellent benchmarks, give AMD a double lift. Bill