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To: Paul Engel who wrote (119849)	7/10/2000 2:19:28 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573923

Paul, re:<Dupalons are MIA and AMD seems to have BOTCHED that launch> Where are the 700 MHz celery's, you know, the ones that can't keep up with a 550 MHz peeweeIII? Petz

To: Paul Engel who wrote (119849)	7/10/2000 2:29:03 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573923

RE: 1) The processors coming from the fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany is pumping out Athlon’s that use copper interconnects, instead of the aluminum interconnects of the Austin, TX fabrication plant. AMD reports that there is no gain in performance in the Dresden processors, but that using copper interconnects makes processor scaling simpler" and you say, The initial Copper ThumperTurds are NO faster than the aluminum ones !! What a buffoon! Did you really expect a 1 GHz Cu-interconnect Athlon to run faster than a 1 GHz Al-interconnect Athlon? Please explain how you expected this to happen. Its clear from AMD's statement that higher speed grades will be possible for the Cu-process. Actually, its quite clear that AMD expects at least one more speed grade from the Al process and more than one speed grade from the Cu process. They expect both processes to "scale" but this scaling will be easier for the Cu process. Petz

To: Paul Engel who wrote (119849)	7/10/2000 10:46:57 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573923

Paul, Thanks for the link: nextdimensionhw.com I noticed the following: AMD-760™ MP – This is THE chipset that Athlon fans have been speculating about, and waiting intently for. Well, it is coming really soon. This chipset will support Dual CPU’s, AGP4X, DDR RAM, and 266MHz FSB. The REAL story behind this chipset is that EACH CPU will have its own 266MHz bus running into it. (My tongue is hanging down to my ankles right now!) Oh yeah, don’t forget PCI64/66 support! Joe