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To: Joe NYC who wrote (95178)	2/25/2000 5:34:00 PM
From: Epinephrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575535

RE: <I think Coppermine is a good chip. It will look even better compared to Athlon when the clock speeds move closer to 1 GHz. But when AMD chips with on-die L2 come on line, the performance lead will swing back to AMD (Integer lead. Even vanilla Athlon still leads in FPU arena).> Joe, I am convinced (for what that's worth) that the on die cache is part of what AMD is waiting for in releasing the 1GHz speed grade. In other words I would be very surprised if AMD doesn't start shipping Thunderbirds as their 1GHz product (if not sooner). Thanks, Epinephrine

To: Joe NYC who wrote (95178)	2/25/2000 6:42:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575535

Joe - Re: "But when AMD chips with on-die L2 come on line, the performance lead will swing back to AMD (Integer lead. Even vanilla Athlon still leads in FPU arena)." I agree. Re: "But when AMD chips with on-die L2 come on line, the performance lead will swing back to AMD (Integer lead. Even vanilla Athlon still leads in FPU arena)." And when Intel ships the Willamette - not long after AMD ships the ThumperTurd - Intel will regain the lead. And the AMDroids can once again tout ThumperTurds as the "Price/Performance" leader - as the ThumperTurds drop in price. Paul