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To: crazyoldman who wrote (89034)	1/22/2000 9:55:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572687

To All, There has been a question for which I could never find a satisfactory answer. If you recall the first copper part manufactured in the Dresden qualification process (July, 1999) was a K6. At first I thought it strange that AMD would choose the K6 since at that time Jerry Sanders's press release stated something on the order of ...Even though the future of AMD rests on the K7 the first copper K6 was produced for copper qualification. I had the fortune to meet and visit with an AMD California employee in November. When I asked what he was working on he said, "testing a K6". Copper? Reply, yes. From Dresden?Reply, yes. In view of the more recent news of the Microsoft xbox and rumors of low thermal possibilities I'm wondering if this the reason that the first Dresden part was K6. Is it possible that Microsoft's xbox deal could have been in the works last summer? Any thoughts? The only link I could find on July qualification is amd.com Kindest regards, CrazyMan