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To: Charles R who wrote (92474)	2/11/2000 12:08:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1572941

Charles - <If you noticed Intel talked about 1G at ISSCC and AMD demonstrated 1.1G. All indications, rumors as well as published information, put AMD well ahead of Intel on the MHz angle.> I get something else out of his post. Assuming that TWY's assumptions prove correct, there is obvious room for both sides to make direct improvements. Sticking with my prediction that the race to 1GHz and subsequent steps directly above will be close. That said, (IMO) Athlon will ultimately scale higher in Mhz than Coppermine. As TWY stated, there are probably more improvement knobs relative to Athlon design and device engineering for AMD to play with. It will be imperative for Intel at some point in the not to distant future to intro and ramp the Willamette DT product in order to meet or beat Athlon MHz (assuming the rumors about Willamette and high MHz are correct :-)). PB

To: Charles R who wrote (92474)	2/11/2000 12:25:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572941

Re: "If you noticed Intel talked about 1G at ISSCC and AMD demonstrated 1.1G. All indications, rumors as well as published information, put AMD well ahead of Intel on the MHz angle." No doubt AMD is currently ahead. My point is they MAY be ahead with an inferior device design and at a thicker gate oxide. This means they have a larger opportunity for improvement. Since device design improvement has accelerated at all companies recently, I think it is just a matter of time that AMD catches up. Maybe, they have all ready. THE WATSONYOUTH