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To: kash johal who wrote (91603)	2/4/2000 8:15:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577900

Re: seems like you have a short memory. The AThlon was available in Q3 but they had MAJOR MB shortages. The issue was stability, but (without trying to start an argument) I think that shortage was a combination of intimidation from Intel and disbelief on the part of the MB manufacturers that AMD would really pull it off. AMD MISMANAGED the LAUNCH of its most important chip. No, it didn't. (I'll put in your response )Yes, it did. No, it didn't. AMD has FAILED in developing a 2 way chipset - that was due in Q4 99. Given that they're selling 650's as 500's and 750's as 550's, I'm not sure the market is crying for that chipset yet, but I'd rather see them get it right in Q3 than ship it wrong in Q1. AMD has FAILED to develop a state of the ART chipset. They've said they're leaving that market to Alpha, Sparc, and Itanium. They failed to exploit the PC133. Wait one more week... VIA has shipped BOATLOADS of PC133 chipsets INTO the coppermine space - in fact MILLIONS of UMITS. I thought your complaint was that VIA is no good at chipsets? THERE ARE NO MB's SUPPORTING PC133 and ATHLON to be FOUND TODAY. They're just now showing up. Give it one more week. You have Keith Deifendorf(???) from the folks that gave Athlon the CPU of the year award say that AMD is CLUELESS about the chipset amd MB issues. I don't care about Keith. And now we hear that AMD's entire ATHLON desktop market is going to depend on the folks at VIA to supply chipsets. We're running many machines that use the Irongate chipset. It's as stable as any I've ever seen - as good as Intel's best and certainly superior to such Intel winners as the NX. The Athlon desktop market is not entirely dependant on VIA. You might note that Alpha processor, SIS, Ali, and others have announced Athlon chipsets. HELLO do we have a COMPREHENSION problem here. Hi. No, I think we're OK. AMD is making a horrible mistake and the stockholders will be the ones likely to pay for it. No, they aren't. (I'll put in your response again, no need to thank me :-) Yes, they are. No, they aren't. Regards, Dan