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To: Paul Engel who wrote (98628)	3/15/2000 9:24:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580108

Paul, re:>i>When did Microsoft EVER announce that AMD was the "winner" for the X-BOX ? Check this out PaUlie: smh.com.au M'soft slip on box chip By DAVID HIGGINS and KATRINA NICHOLAS Microsoft Australia has been forced into an embarrassing about-face after naming the wrong supplier of computer chips for its forthcoming TV-game machine, the X-Box. On Saturday Australian media reports said Microsoft had jilted its long-time chip-making partner, Intel, for Intel arch rival AMD. The reports followed a Friday afternoon media briefing held by Microsoft Australia - half a day before Microsoft chairman Mr Bill Gates was due to formally announce the company's much-anticipated entry into the TV-games market at a conference in California. Last week various US computer news sites were quoting "unnamed sources" as saying Microsoft had chosen Intel's Pentium III chip for the X-Box, which will go up against Sony's PlayStation2, Sega's Dreamcast and a yet-to-be released successor to the Nintendo64. But surprised Australian journalists were told by Microsoft Australia's marketing director, Mr Peter Cray, during a telephone conference call at 2pm on Friday, that AMD had won the contract. "AMD put forward a great processor which was suited to what we're trying to do with X-Box," Mr Cray said. "We'll continue to deal with Intel on a range of other products." What Mr Cray did not know was that Intel had swooped with an 11th-hour proposal, snatching the deal away from AMD. He confirmed yesterday that Microsoft had signed with Intel "at the last minute". "The last we heard was AMD. It was down to the wire." The details of the proposals from AMD and Intel are not known, but a Microsoft Australia spokesperson said yesterday the deal was signed "not long before Bill announced it". During a long presentation and demonstration at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, Mr Gates mentioned Intel only once, saying it would create a custom chip running at 600 megahertz. CrazyMan