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To: TechieGuy-alt who wrote (122975)	8/23/2000 4:31:28 PM
From: dale_laroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578933

TG, don't count on K6-x vanishing as fast as AMD claims. It is indeed possible that AMD is as committed to killing off the K6-x as Intel was to killing off the Pentium MMX, but maybe not. The K6-2 will never see 0.13-microns, but the K6-2+ might not only transition to 0.13-micons, but also be shifted to Fab30. The fact is that AMD projects that the Duron will outsell Athlon by 3:1. This means that, once Dresden is fully ramped, either AMD will be producing Durons at Fab30, or they will have to shift K6-2+ production to Dresden, from which it might be possible to ship a 900+ MHz K6-2+ fabricated at 0.13-microns. It would make a lot more sense for AMD to target Timna with a range of 600-900 MHz K6-2+ processors than to slash the price of the Duron to compete against Timna. Not only would these K6-2+ processors be less expensive to produce than Durons, they would also avoid cannibalizing the Athlon market. Of course, once the Mustang core variant with integrated NorthBridge and Graphics is available to compete against Timna, even the days of the K6-2+ are numbered.