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To: Dan3 who wrote (100846)	3/29/2000 10:29:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571775

Re: "Re: So what is to prevent the XBOX from running at 1500 MHz ? Nothing at all. But are you sure that Intel wants to be allocating 1.5GHZ wafer runs to $10 CPUs as soon as 12 to 18 months from now? " Where are you getting this $10 number from? Nobody in their right mind, except AMD, would sell below cost. EP

To: Dan3 who wrote (100846)	3/30/2000 1:07:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571775

ALibiDan - Re: "Personally, I remain convinced that Intel will be able to hang on to at least a piece of the desktop market despite AMD's obvious current advantages" AMD's obvious current advantages - Advantage # 1 - Slower than an equivalently clocked Coppermine Advantage # 2 - Dissipates TWICE AS MUCH HEAT as an equivalently clocked Coppermine Advantage # 3 - Costs TWICE AS MUCH to manufacture as a Coppermine Advantage # 4 - Operates at a HIGHER VOLTAGE than an equivalently clocked Coppermine Paul