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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (92513)	2/11/2000 1:50:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573208

Re: "Before you get all excited about the non-production process angle, keep in mind that the processor that AMD demo'd was a brand new core, with large, on-die L2 and other architectural enhancements over the currently shipping Athlon." You guys keep insisting the CuMine is the same old PPro core from years gone-by yet now you say that after less than 6 months of production life suddenly Athlon has a brand new core! Baloney! Large on-die L2? How large was it? From the press release I can't find any mention of the L2 size. How do you know it wasn't a small L2? amd.com

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (92513)	2/11/2000 2:15:00 PM
From: Epinephrine	Respond to of 1573208

RE:<To me, this only makes AMD's 1.1 GHz announcement MORE IMPRESSIVE.> I agree first there is all this FUD about copper problems, and problems moving the cache on die and if AMD has 1GHz why don't they demo it. Then AMD demos a copper, 1.1GHz Thunderbird (on die Cache) and they are getting knocked because they didn't use Aluminum, So if they use Aluminum they can't do copper and if they use copper they can't do it with Aluminum? Talk about grasping at straws. AMD couldn't have done a better demo. (except more speed, but I think that 1.1GHz was just right for now) Epinephrine