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To: Paul Engel who wrote (100295)3/5/2000 4:15:00 PM
From: steve harris  Respond to of 186894
 
pauL,

BAM!

amd.com

MEDIA ALERT: AMD ATHLON[tm] PROCESSOR ROCKETS TO 1GHz

What:

On Monday, AMD is announcing it has commenced shipments of 1GHz AMD Athlon[tm]
processors.

Leading PC manufacturers will also make announcements on the availability of systems
based on the 1GHz AMD Athlon processor. The first commercially available systems based
on the 1GHz AMD Athlon processor will be available beginning Monday.

Broadcast Information

Live Satellite Interviews
AMD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, W.J. Sanders III and AMD Senior Vice
President and Chief Marketing Officer Rob Herb will be available for interviews via
satellite from 0800-1000 US EST, Monday 6th.

Broadcast inquiries can be directed to Andy Toh of Bulletin International (24 hours) at
(415) 252-7106, (646) 391-8000, (917) 513-2396.

B-roll footage
GE Transponder 1
0700 - 0730 US EST
1100 - 1130 US EST

For international satellite information, contact Andy Toh at (415) 252-7106, (646)
391-8000, (917) 513-2396.

Print and Online Information

Who:
Steve Lapinski, director of Product Marketing, Computation
Products Group, AMD. A moderated question-and-answer period will
follow opening remarks.
Additional information will be available on the news room at
AMD's Web site www.amd.com on March 6th.
When:
Monday, March 6, 2000. There will be four calls to accommodate different time
zones.
8:00 a.m. US
EST
Domestic - (800) 266-1767
International - (212) 346-6417
Password: Gigahertz
9:30 a.m. US
EST
Domestic - (800) 266-1767
International - (212) 346-6417
Password: Gigahertz
11:15 a.m. US
EST
Domestic - (800) 266-1767
International - (212) 346-6417
Password: Gigahertz
12:30 p.m. US
EST
Domestic - (800) 266-1767
International - (212) 346-6417
Password: Gigahertz
Audio replay information:
A replay will be available beginning at 3:00 p.m. US EST, March 6.
Domestic - (800) 633-8284
International - (858) 812-6440
Reservation# 14604731
(no password required)

Contact:

AMD Public Relations-Sunnyvale, CA
(408) 749-2992 - Phone
(408) 774-7216 - Fax

AMD Public Relations-Austin, TX
(512) 602-4405 - Phone
(512) 602-0560 - Fax



To: Paul Engel who wrote (100295)3/5/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul,

Gateway was unhappy with the volumes of Cumines. They have not complained about the volumes of Athlons. Also their Athlon 850 systems look like they are priced to sell in volume to me.



To: Paul Engel who wrote (100295)3/5/2000 6:22:00 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Get a grip - AMD has pre-announced the 850's and is dribbling them out slowly...

Panicking Paul,

Go to your local library or a Borders or Barnes and Noble bookstore and find a Sunday Chicago Tribune. Last week or this week, it doesn't matter.

Now turn to the business section. Towards the back is a page full of ads from local screwdriver shops. Take a look at those ads. You'll see that some of them offer Athlon 850s.

There are no delays from AMD's tier one and tier two customers, and there is enough stock left over to sell some into the distributor channel.

Now check out the same page looking at entries for Pentium III. Try to find an Intel 800 (much less an 850).

I know that Intel had a sign up in one of its cafeteria's claiming 1 million good coppermine chips produced that week. But they were evidently coppermine flavor corn chips to be sold in that cafeteria, they sure don't seem to have been computer chips.

Just think about it. Intel claimed they would be able to produce enough high speed parts to end the coppermine shortage in January - but they didn't. Then they said they'd solve the problems in February - but they didn't. Will they catch up in March? Will we have plenty of 1GHZ parts in March? Catching up doesn't mean shipping the target speeds from 3 months ago - catching up means shipping today's target speeds today. It is now March, and Dell wants $320 and an extra 30 days to substitute an 800 coppermine for a 733!

Intel is falling further and further behind.

Intel claimed they'd ship stable rambus chipsets/motherboards in September - but they didn't. Then they said they'd solved the rambus problems in December, then in January - but new problems showed up. What about the Profusion errors?

Face it Paul, Intel had a nice run - but ...it's over...

Dan