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To: EricRR who wrote (113448)	5/30/2000 6:06:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573433

AMD and Dell talk all the time. The K6-2 on the desktop is going to be phased out. Dell likes to offer leading edge technology first. A couple months ago there were rumors Dell was buying a bunch of Durons (spitfires). If this is true, I suspect we will know on or near the launch date of the Duron. Either AMD or Dell could have suggested Dell wait for Duron or T-bird if true. Remember also that with Dresden coming on line AMDs capacity increases greatly so the decision could have been make to wait for the Duron or T-bird for the reason on getting in on an upramp rather than a downramp. Jim

To: EricRR who wrote (113448)	5/30/2000 6:07:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1573433

I liked this from amdzone... ASUSTeK Computer Inc. announced last week the release of the ASUS A7V, a Socket A motherboard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASUSTeK Computer Inc. announced last week the release of the ASUS A7V. This latest VIA KZ133-based motherboard from ASUS supports the AMD Socket A Athlon (Code name: Thunderbird) and Duron (Code name: SpitFire) processors and provides one of the best ATX form factor solutions. Athlon processors are designed to provide "leading-edge performance for cutting edge applications" for power and advanced users while Duron processors are specially designed to provide low cost but optimized alternatives to existing processors for value conscious business and home users. In addition to the support of standard SDRAM, the A7V supports NEC's 64Mb Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, a new generation of memory that provides up to 50% faster SDRAM speed with reduced power consumption. This motherboard supports 200MHz front side bus as well as the UltraDMA/100 IDE interface (onboard Promise ATA 100 chip). The A7V with ASUS ASIC and VIA Apollo KZ133, consisting of the VT8371 North Bridge controller and the VT82C686A South Bridge controller chipset, bring on the AMD processor platform a higher level of performance for desktop PCs. KEY FEATURES 1GHz AMD Socket A Athlon and Duron Processor Support VC133/PC133 Memory Support AGP Pro / AGP 4X Support 4 USB-Port Support AMR Support Ultra-Fast 200MHz Front Side Bus High-Speed UltraDMA/100 Data Transfer Interface Learn more at Computex 2000 Taipei or visit us at asus.com.tw