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To: niceguy767 who wrote (94530)	2/22/2000 8:58:00 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574042

News amd.com AMD INTRODUCES 550MHz AMD-K6© -2 PROCESSOR WITH 3DNOW!? TECHNOLOGY -Offering Excellent Performance for Value PCs- SUNNYVALE, CA--FEBRUARY 22, 2000--AMD today announced the 550MHz AMD-K6© -2 processor with 3DNow!? technology. The AMD-K6-2 processor family is fully compatible with the recently announced Microsoft? Windows 2000 operating system, as well as Windows 98 and other PC operating systems. "The AMD-K6-2 processor family offers a cost-effective and excellent solution for mainstream applications in the small business and consumer markets," said Dana Krelle, vice president of marketing for the Computation Products Group at AMD. "Providing a good balance of price, performance and features, the AMD-K6-2 processor family allows our customers to offer some of the most competitive PC products on the market." "We're confident Windows 2000 will be the operating system of choice for small businesses as well as the largest enterprises," said Brian Valentine, senior vice president, Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation. "We're therefore excited to see that entry-level platforms such as the 550MHz AMD-K6-2 processor offer excellent performance and a great end-user experience on Windows 2000." About the AMD-K6© -2 Processor The AMD-K6-2 processor with 3DNow! technology delivers excellent performance for today's mainstream Microsoft Windows compatible home and office applications. The 9.3-million-transistor AMD-K6-2 processor is manufactured on AMD's 0.25-micron, five-layer-metal process technology using local interconnect and shallow trench isolation at AMD's Fab 25 wafer fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. The AMD-K6-2 processor is packaged in a Super7? platform-compatible, 321-ceramic pin grid array (CPGA) package using C4 flip-clip interconnection technology. About 3DNow!? Technology 3DNow! technology, developed by AMD, was the first innovation to the x86 architecture that significantly enhanced floating-point-intensive 3D graphics and multimedia applications. It uses single instruction multiple data (SIMD) and other performance enhancements to provide a compelling visual computing experience. The worldwide installed base of 3DNow! technology-enhanced PCs has grown to more than 20 million desktop and notebook systems spanning all price points. Support for 3DNow! technology exists today in leading industry-standard application programming interfaces (APIs), including Microsoft's DirectX 6.0 and 7.0, and SGI's OpenGL APIs. In addition, numerous hardware and software products have been optimized for 3DNow! technology. For a detailed list of hardware and software products that support 3DNow! technology, visit the AMD web site at www1.amd.com. Leading software titles optimized for 3DNow! technology are available online at the 3DNow! Technology Aisle on Chumbo.com. Pricing The AMD-K6-2/550 processor is priced at $189 each in 1,000-unit quantities.

To: niceguy767 who wrote (94530)	2/22/2000 9:01:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1574042

niceguy, This is from JC's site from few days ago: AMD has decided to come clean with their roadmap, it seems, according to this article. The nitty gritty: * "AMD will begin producing significant quantities of chips from Dresden in the second quarter" * Tbird might be marketed as "Athlon Professional" * Tbird will be out in H2 * The AMD760 chipset (PC2100 DDR support, 266/133MHz bus) will be out in H2 * VIA will release the KZ-133 (basically, same as KX133) for Socket A * Spitfire will be out in Q2 (a bit of a relief, the release dates of these chips were massively uncertain). * Spitfire will be for sub-$1000 down to sub-$600 PCs. * AMD's not yet finalized on Spitfire's marketing name ("K7" is as good a name as any, I say) * Mustang will appear in Q3 (what, at the same time as Tbird?) * Mustang will have up to 2MB L2 * Mustang will likely be marketed as "Athlon Professional" (what, not "Athlon Ultra"?) * AMD770 chipset (dual-capable equivalent to AMD760) will be released for Mustang. With expected Q2 release of Spitfire, shouldn't we start to see some noise from the hardware review sites? It needs new motherboards, so it's not as simple as going from Athlon 800 to 850. Also, what is the difference between Spitfire and Thunderbird? Size of the cache? 128L L2 vs. 256K L2? Joe

To: niceguy767 who wrote (94530)	2/22/2000 9:04:00 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574042

With the first SiS630 boards showing up, it might be worthwhile to take another look at Timna'a competition: With concurrent dual video out, the system will support realtime video editing and becomes the new "home movie" center (Apple is promoting this computer use lately). The video supports AGP4x 1920x1200 @80MHZ NI and up to 128 meg dedicate video ram or 64meg of shared memory video ram, and SiS has always allowed for the disabling of on-board video. Integrated 10/100 networking is being promoted for home networking use (businesses won't mind either) Integrated Hardware DVD decoding. Integrated 56K modem, cable modem, DSL Integrated high end 3D sound Virtual Channel PC133, PC133, VC PC100, PC100 memory support All of the usual PC 99 ports: Dual Channel Ultra DMA 33/66 IDE, mouse, keyboard, 5 USB ports. It sells for $35 supporting PIII/Celeron and $29 supporting K6-X - even with all those pins. A version for Athlon is next. Dan 203.66.2.110 Integrated 128-bit 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator - Advanced HW Acceleration for DVD Playback Including MC, IDCT - Ultra-AGPTM Architecture - Fully DirectX 6 Compliant Graphics Engine - UMA Architecture with 2/4/8/16/32/64 System Memory Sharable as Display Memory - Resolution Up to 1920x1200 256/32K/64K/16M Color @80Hz NI - Optional Extended Graphics Memory(EGM) On-board for 128-bit Memory Accessing - Support VESA DDC1 ,DDC2B & DDC 3.0 - Driver Support for OS/2(R), Windows(R) 95/98,Windows NT(R) 4.0, Windows(R) 2000 - Support SiS301 Video Bridge Interface for Dual Display - NTSC/PAL TV or - Secondary CRT monitor or - TFT Digital LCD Monitor Integrated 3D Positional Audio Controller - 64-voice Polyphony Wavetable Synthesizer - DirectSound 3D Accelerator for IID, IAD and Doppler Effects - Full-duplex, Independent Sample Rate Converter for Audio Recording and Playback - Supports 2/4/6 Speakers w/ External AC'97 Codecs - AC'97 V2.1 Interface for External Audio Codec - SoundBlaster Pro/16 compliant - Driver Support for Windows(R) 95/98, NT(R) 4.0, Windows(R) 2000, Integrated Ethernet and 1Mbps Home PNA Controller - IEEE802.3, 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Standards - Supports On-Now, Wake-On-LAN, PCI Power Management 1.0a - Driver Support for Windows(R) 95/98, NT(R) 4.0, Windows(R) 2000, OS/2, Netware, ODI, SCO Unix, Netware, Linux - BIOS Boot-up for Windows NT,Novell, OS/2 Modem - AC'97 AMR/MDC HSP Modem Support Integrated PC133 SDRAM Controller - 3 DIMMs up to 1.5GB of System Memory - Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) Support - Synchronous or Asynchronous Host/SDRAM Bus Frequency - BIOS Support for Suspend-To-RAM(STR) Dual USB OpenHCI Host Controllers - Support 5 USB Ports Power Management - ACPI 1.0, APM 1.2 Compliant - Wake-up Events Include Power Button, Hot-Key, Keyboard Password, Modem Ring, Ethernet, Home PNA, RTC Alarm - System Sleeping States S1,S2, S3,S4, S5 Dual Ultra 33/66 IDE Controller 4 PCI Master LPC 1.0 Interface Integrated RTC w/ Y2K Support Integrated Keyboard/PS2 Mouse Controller I2C/SMbus Interface Meet PC'99 Requirement 1.8V Vcore, 3.3Vvio