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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (109258)	5/3/2000 6:38:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1578701

The Register article on improving availability of chips: theregister.co.uk Supplies of Intel, AMD chips improving Shortages of both Athlon and Coppermine Pentium III processors are decreasing, according to PC vendors close to the companies' plans. But there is still lack of supply on some parts, while smaller system integrators are likely to suffer the most across all processor speed ranges. Supplies of Intel Celerons at 500MHz and 600MHz processors are still constrained, according to one major PC vendor, but Pentium III 600MHz and 733MHz Coppermines are now widely available, the firm said. It is a different situation for AMD's Athlon microprocessor. At speeds below 750MHz, there is a shortage and this is caused both by large tier one PC vendors selling more machines using this chip, and also the current move by the firm to the Duron and Thunderbird platforms. However, there is plentiful supply for Athlons at clock speeds of between 800MHz and 950MHz. The lion's share of 1GHz Athlons is still being shipped to Gateway, according to the source. Smaller system builders are having a tougher time. One Canadian reseller told The Register today that his distributor is unable to get adequate supplies of either Pentium IIIs or AMD Athlons. He said: "I am stocking up on Athlons with all my extra cash so I can sell a few computers in the next two months." He added that another distributor had told him that both Intel and AMD were short of raw materials to make chips. He presumed that didn't mean sand. "If I put all this together, I predict CPU's will be rare and expensive until at least July and memory prices will fall because of this." A look at our UK barometer components site, SMC Direct, reveals that the situation on Coppermines has eased a little, with 800MHz and 850MHz now available, while lead times for other parts are now as short as two days, or are in stock. No 1GHz Coppermine is listed. The same site shows availability is still good for Athlon parts, apart from the 1GHz chip. Supplies of boxed processors, however, is a different story. As we reported last week, Intel has told its resellers that widespread availability of these parts is not expected until the third quarter of this year. As we reported at the time Intel last dropped its prices, the shortages have led to people charging more rather than less for chips. One Italian system builder said: "I must say that supplies were never really short among brokers in Europe during the last two weeks. What is happening is that the tray parts completely disappeared after price cuts and and the majority of CPUs available right now are boxed, with prices well above official intel prices. "Traditionally, as you know, tray parts are from the OEM grey market, while the boxed CPU come from official distribution. This means that big oems are in short supply, and the distributors are speculating because of the shortage." He cited a quote for a Pentium III 600, which has an official Intel price of $183, but which he was offered at a hiked $218. ©

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (109258)	5/3/2000 6:40:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1578701

RE:"I never realized Stockman was forced off of SI. How did you find out the whole story? I guess that gives me even more of a reason to be careful when I post." Actually I was contacted by Intel people... Stockmans downfall was that he originally posted on SI under his real name then changed it to Stockman. Someone here linked the two. When his real name was associated with his alias some Intel people at Rio Rancho ratted him out. He was sent to the principals office for swats. Intel forced him off SI. I don't think you have to worry other than the fact that the internet is not secure by your own admission. <G> Also, Anthony was rather on the vile side...especially when he thought no one knew who he was. Jim