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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (93890)	2/17/2000 4:28:00 PM
From: Scot	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1574605

Daniel, Welcome to the thread. Since EP's stirring it up, here's a little story that might strike a nerve with the Intellabees (credit to Amdzone): ebns.com AMD claims it will ship gigahertz Athlon only when ready in volume By Mark Hachman Electronic Buyers' News (02/17/00, 10:02:04 AM EDT) Advanced Micro Devices Inc., declining to play the gigahertz marketing game, has declared it will ship gigahertz Athlon processors only when it can do so in volume. At Intel Corp.'s Developer Forum (IDF) in Palm Springs, Calif., on Tuesday, Intel disclosed that "limited production quantities" of gigahertz Pentium IIIs were shipping to three OEMs: Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. The company also demonstrated a 1.4-GHz next-generation Willamette processor. A spokesman for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel further clarified the company's position on the new products, saying that the chip maker had not officially announced their release, and thus had not disclosed a price for them. "We'll do a launch shortly," when Intel will announce a price, he said, adding that Intel and PC OEMs will ship a limited volume skew in the first half of the year, with volume production beginning in the third quarter. At a hotel near the IDF, AMD representatives showed the gigahertz Athlon and reviewed the company's roadmap. They offered no new updates, and refused to commit to a timetable to ship the speedy microprocessors. "We intend to announce a product only when we are prepared to ship it," said Mark Bode, division marketing manager for AMD's Athlon product marketing, Austin, Texas. AMD recently announced an 850-MHz Athlon, the fastest PC microprocessor available in full production volumes. A 900-MHz Athlon is expected during the second quarter, followed shortly thereafter by Thunderbird and Spitfire, AMD's first Athlons to integrate Level-2 cache on the die. Bode added that AMD is concocting a brand name for AMD's forthcomoing low-end chips, the K6-2+ and Spitfire, similar to the Celeron brand name used by Intel. -Scot

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (93890)	2/17/2000 4:43:00 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574605

Dan Re.<<<<<<< I don't think AMD is particularly virtuous, but they do seem to have somewhat proven the people who claim only mighty Intel can build a decent microprocessor wrong. Good thing, too, because given the Rambus fiasco, it seems that mighty Intel, even though it may be the 2nd greatest company in the history of the known universe, is fully capable of screwing things up. >>>>>>>> Thanks a lot Dan, you just got on this bbs and started a flame war with Elmer by claiming the the athlon is a good chip (Elmer of course will now show you his ten bogus benchmarks to prove otherwise.) by calling rambus a fiasco (rambus just isn't mature enough yet.) and having the timerity to claim Intel screws up once in awhile. (Elmer works for Intel and will deny all such claims under any and all circumstances.) Be prepared to bow down to the west or face the consequences. You may have been observant about Paul but you seem to have missed the boat on Elmer completely. Did you notice how often in his list he mentioned about if one doesn't say nice things about AMD one is called a liar. Guess why that is. Sorta like the school idiot being beaten up every day and blaming every one else, or going to Green Bay and rooting for the Bears. Some people deserve it.