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To: jim kelley who wrote (39842)	4/13/2000 4:30:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 93625

Jim, The reason for the huge opposition from AMD supporters is because the benchmarks are beginning to show that RDRAM is enabling INTEL to win with its old core processor. 1. Coppermine is faster than Athlon. 2. T-Bird will be faster than Coppermine. The type of DRAM used is not important. Scumbria

To: jim kelley who wrote (39842)	4/13/2000 4:33:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim, The reason for the huge opposition from AMD supporters is because the benchmarks are beginning to show that RDRAM is enabling INTEL to win with its old core processor. When the new processor core Williamette makes it debut the game will be over in the performance sector of the market if AMD has not adopted Rdram. No wonder there is so much venom. Currently, AMD has no chipset to support Rdram and it takes a while to get one. So AMD is very worried about this situation. The resistance to RDRAM has been there for quite a while. We've had the AMD crowd around for years. I suspect it's more of a "anything but Intel" mentality (which isn't a healthy approach to have in business or investing). AMD could have initiated development of RDRAM-based systems many months ago, but didn't. It could be a number of reasons: 1) They weren't sure whether or not it was going to be viable as a technology, so why commit resources? 2) They didn't have the resources to commit even if they wanted to. 3) They also have the "anything but Intel" mentality (but then why copy Intel processors -- why not just create their own technology like ARM did?) 4) They really believe it's an inferior technology. There are probably many more that could be added to the list, but the upshot is that, since they're hiring RDRAM engineers, they must have it somewhere in their plans for the future. Dave