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To: hmaly who wrote (119445)	7/6/2000 3:24:01 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1579075

Harry, Re: The advantage is that the probability of both internal and external designs not working is lower. I am not sure what you are talking about here? Suppose Willy chipset is buggy/delayed/plain not working. Wouldn't it be better if Via was working on a chipset as well? The same for AMD. It would be nice if third parties came out with DDR chipsets ASAP. there are risks also that AMD's chipset will be crappy. I think AMD should stick to what they are good at, flash and mpu. Let the other companies who have greater expertise (ALI,SIS, VIA) produce the chipsets. Maybe the first iterations won't be the best, but eventually AMD will get good chipsets, and that is what counts. If AMD did not have the 750 chipset and solely relied on Via, it would have been a disaster. Via provides a lower end to mainstream solution. AMD has a high end CPU, so there is a slight mismatch. As I said before, IMO, AMD will not get any business SKUs before 760 chipsets. I don't know why the hurdle before AMD is so high, but it seems that AMD will not get any business SKUs until it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt that AMD solution is superior. The missing link to prove this is DDR with 760. It may open the floodgates. Joe