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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90445)	1/30/2000 12:46:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572214

Jim, assuming the rumors are true, AMD's delay of 2-way multiprocessing really does not bode well for the company. If AMD wants to penetrate into the server market, they have to work their way from 2-way on up in order to build up infrastructure and reputation. Why? Because 2-way and 4-way systems are where the volumes are, at least for servers and high-end workstations. Sure, AMD can still rely on HotRail's 8-way chipset, but without first establishing the Athlon 2-way platform, the 8-way platform can quickly collapse because of low volumes and AMD's lack of experience in that area. (No way can they simply defeature an 8-way chipset and call it 2-way. That's just too expensive.) Of course, all this assumes that Ace's Hardware is correct about the 2-way delay. And their track record of accuracy is on the same level as that of The Register (although Ace's is more well-behaved than the yellow-bellies in the UK). Tenchusatsu

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90445)	1/30/2000 1:10:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572214

Re: "No smp Athlons until 2001?" If this is true, this is a major blow to the entire Athlon project. Athlon was supposed to be compatible with Alpha MBs and now years are going by without SMP support. What's going on? Something MAJOR is wrong, if this report is true. There will be no penetration into the server market or serious workstation volume without SMP. While everybody has been praising the superiority of the EV6 architecture, Intel has been shipping well over 100 million SMP capable chipsets for years and years with their "inferior bus architecture", while AMD has been unable to deliver the simplest of SMP solutions. AMD is just over their head and made a bad decision to copy DEC's problems. Now the chickens have come home to roost. AMD will remain in the mid to low range without hopes of highend penetration. If this report is true. EP