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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (113028)	5/26/2000 5:02:00 PM
From: Valueman	Respond to of 1572264

1 Ghz Shootout: gamepc.com Excerpt: Entering the GHz Era Looking into the crystal ball, we see some bright technology down the line from both companies. Closing in on a week away is AMD's official release of the "Thunderbird" Athlon processors with on-die L2 cache. Athlons with on-die technology are something everyone wants to get their hands on right now, and early reports are saying it gives the Athlon another 15-25% performance gain in most applications. These processors are set to debut at 700 MHz on June 6th. After the release of the Thunderbird, the only thing truly holding back AMD right now is the lack of a decent multi-processor chipset, which they're working on with the AMD 770. Intel on the other hand, has been amazingly quiet about their upcoming Williamette (Pentium IV) line of processors. After reading some of the spec sheets, they do sound like something the Thunderbird will have a hard time keeping up with. The questions facing Intel are obvious. Can they get them out on time? Will they be crippled by an I820-like junk chipset? Can they get good enough yields on the chips to send high-speed parts in high volumes? All of these questions used to be asked to AMD, before the Athlon silenced all of us critics. My, how the tables have turned.