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To: kash johal who wrote (102842)	4/24/2000 12:55:00 PM
From: SisterMaryElephant	Respond to of 186894

Kash, <You can buy it from HP as of last week.> I visited the HP site and looked at the Pavilion portables and there was no mention of PowerNow. Maybe I missed it, so I will take your word for it, or you can provide a link, if you have one handy. I also saw the AMD press release, amd.com and two things caught my "knit-picking" eye. Maybe you can explain: 1) "The Mobile AMD-K6-III+ has a 100MHz front-side bus, an enhanced implementation of AMD's 3DNow! instruction set with digital signal processing (DSP) instructions, and support for AMD's PowerNow! technology for better system battery life." [ My emphasis ] Strange word to use. Does this mean that Power Now is part of the chip but requires complementary components? Wait, maybe the following explains it. 2) "PowerNow! technology requires specific notebook system and BIOS support. AMD is working with OEMs and its development partners such as Phoenix Technologies, to help enable the delivery of systems to market with full support for PowerNow! technology later this year." Sorry, but given all the "flack" the Intel 1 Ghz launch has taken from AMD'ers, to us Intellabees this seems like a pretty stealthy launch. I do not doubt that the AMD's version is on it's way, however. Regards, SK