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To: Goutam who wrote (98762)	3/16/2000 6:05:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1570734

I got this link of off Yahoo (credits to mr1999star ) - dailynews.yahoo.com _________________ New notebooks save power - from ZDnet Some excerpts from the article to give you the flavor of it - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) is nearing the release of a notebook computer feature aimed at extending notebook battery life by throttling back clock speed and voltage on its forthcoming K6-2+ and K6-III+ notebook chip [...] Quick shipment expected AMD's new mobile K6-2+ and K6-III+ chips are expected to ship imminently. They should be available in late March or early April, sources said. The mobile K6-2+ is expected to begin at about 500MHz. Both chips will be manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process, which provides advantages of higher clock speeds and lower power consumption over the current 0.25-micron process used to fabricate K6 chips. They will utilize the Super Socket 7 architecture, with its 100MHz bus. This is unchanged from the current K6-family. The chips will also have an enhanced version of AMD's 3D Now technology, likely taken from the company's Athlon desktop chip, which added several new instructions when it launched last year. AMD will likely position the mobile K6-2+ chip, which it says will be competitive on price, against Intel's mobile Celeron. The K6-III+, which will deliver greater performance at a higher price, will be targeted at Intel's Pentium III. AMD will separate its new chips by pricing, but also by the amount of cache each has. The K6-2+ will offer 128KB of integrated cache, while K6-III+ will have 256KB. The K6-III+ will also support tri-level cache, which allows the chip to utilize a third off-chip cache, if one is present. Integrated cache is a new feature for the K6-2+. The current K6-2 mobile processor has 512KB of off-chip cache. Integrating cache increases performance and should give the chip an additional performance boost. AMD plans to come out with a desktop version of the K6-2+ chip as well. However, there will be no K6-III+ chip for desktops, Athlon chip has filled that role. Athlon now ranges from 550MHz to 1GHz (1,000MHz). [...] Intel prepares 700MHz product Intel, for its part, is readying a 700MHz mobile Pentium III with SpeedStep technology. That chip, along with a 550MHz mobile Celeron processor, are due out in mid-to late April, sources said. [...] When it comes to notebooks based on AMD processors, Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) is one of the first major PC makers to offer mobile K6-2-based machines. On Monday, the company will announce a new value notebook in its Prosignia line for small and medium businesses. Called Compaq Notebook 100, will offer a 475MHz AMD K6-2 and a 12-inch display. The notebook is designed to offer decent performance for a reasonable price, sources said ___________________________________________________________________ There is some Intel related stuff - please read the article if you'd like to get the whole picture.

To: Goutam who wrote (98762)	3/16/2000 8:57:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570734

Hello Goutama, Thanks for your insightful post. Your points are well taken. Also I want to thank you for all the hard work you put into the earnings contest during the past and the present. I know that sort of thing gets into a lot of hard work and you have done an excellent job with it. I'll be sending my numbers along shortly. Looking forward to great Q1 numbers from AMD. Q2 should also be gang busters. Kindest regards, CrazyMan