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To: Scumbria who wrote (92494)	2/11/2000 12:45:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1573135

scumbria, Re:"1Ghz demo" I guess that ole willy might not get demoed at all. I hear that they are having "problems". So look for a regular Cumine demo at 1Ghz+. These may be from new design tweaks which are supposed to hit volumes in April. Its also interesting that reviewers are now mentioning the lack of rdram supply and very high prices when evaluating the cumine/athlon battle. With systems moving to 256Mb DRAM this could really kill the cumine in real world systems. regards, Kash

To: Scumbria who wrote (92494)	2/11/2000 1:11:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573135

Re: "Don't you think that Intel would be wise to clear up their credibility issue at 800 MHz before they start showing off 1GHz? The failure of Intel to supply Gateway and Dell is very visible, and no one is going to take a 1GHz demo very seriously right now. Especially since they did a 996 MHz demo last year!" Well Scumbria just what do you want? First off availability is improving. Secondly, they not only have to meet current demand but also backlog, so the actual parts needed now is really 2X the current demand. What will it take to convince you? HP systems are available all over the country. Dell say's availability has improved. The situation IS improving but only time will convince you I'm sure. The 1 GHz demo last year was with special cooling. If Intel can demo a similar part next week with no special cooling AND it is from their standard production process (something AMD did not do this week) it will suggest Intel is close to having some binsplit to that speed, if they don't already. I have good reason to believe that AMD is already sampling 1 GHz parts to customers and I will be looking forward to next weeks IDF to see if Intel is doing the same. IF they are then this is still a horserace. Yes I am being optimistic but who isn't on this thread? EP