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To: Tony Viola who wrote (113300)	10/12/2000 2:58:03 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony - Re: "from some of the posts on the AMD threads, sounds like AMD's SMP implementation is delayed until Q2 next year. Do you know if that's true? " If it's true, then their SMP Athlon Demo at the MicroProcessor forum just 3 days ago was a TOTAL HOAX !! Tuesday October 10, 12:02 pm Eastern Time Press Release AMD Passes Multiprocessing Milestone: Demonstrates First Workstation Powered by Dual AMD Athlon Processors Dual Processor System Features Forthcoming AMD-760(TM) MP Chipset for Enterprise Computing SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCT. 10, 2000-- AMD today reached a new milestone with the first public demonstration of a multiprocessor computer designed specifically to work with AMD processors. The demonstration, at the 2000 Microprocessor Forum, consisted of a computer powered by dual AMD Athlon(TM) processors, the AMD-760(TM) MP chipset, and next-generation Double Data Rate (DDR) memory. The multiprocessing computer demonstration featured 3D Studio Max, a professional 3D design and modeling application capable of increasing system performance by using both processors simultaneously. ``Today's demonstration brings AMD one step closer to enable our customers to offer next-generation dual processor workstations and servers powered by AMD processors,'' said Rich Heye, vice president and general manager of AMD's Texas Microprocessor Division. ``AMD's dual processor platform is designed to take the extremely successful AMD Athlon processor into the enterprise markets that require multiprocessing workstation and server solutions.'' About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. AMD produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE:AMD - news) Visit AMD on the Web For more information about AMD products, please visit our virtual pressroom at amd.com. Additional press releases and information about AMD and its products are available at: amd.com. Cautionary Statement This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as ``plans,'' ``expects,'' ``believes,'' ``anticipates'' or ``intends.'' Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Forward looking statements in this release include the risk that AMD will be not successfully introduce a commercially available multiprocessing solution and that such solution may not be accepted by the market. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: AMD Public Relations Drew Prairie, 512/602-4425 drew.prairie@amd.com Catherine Abbinanti, 512/602-2292 cathy.abbinanti@amd.com or Toni Beckham, 408/749-3127 (IR)

To: Tony Viola who wrote (113300)	10/12/2000 3:05:56 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony & Intel Investors - Details of Intel's Server CPU strategy. Yes - Intel is moving forward - while AMD still hasn't got any traction in this area. "The Pentium 4 processor for servers, code-named Foster, will start shipping in the first quarter for workstations. It will ship on larger servers throughout the year. The Pentium III Xeon chip, the current high-end 32-bit server and workstation processor from Intel Corp. (stock: INTC), is now shipping in 700-MHz configurations and will ship in 900-MHz models in the first quarter of next year. " Paul {================================} Intel Expanding Server Chip Lineup By Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek Oct 12, 2000 (7:57 AM) URL: techweb.com Intel plans a lineup of chips over the next couple of years designed to add power to Internet server computing. The Santa Clara, Calif., company has already shipped versions of its 64-bit Itanium processor in pilot systems, with production systems due in the first quarter of next year. Systems based on Intel's next-generation 32-bit processor, the Pentium 4, are due out next year, running a new, high-speed I/O connection, Infiniband. "The Internet has an almost insatiable need for computing horsepower to keep up with rapid changes, unpredictable demands, cost, and performance issues," said Michael J. Fister, vice president and general manager of Intel's enterprise platforms group, in an interview Wednesday at the company's e-business conference in San Francisco. The Pentium 4 processor for servers, code-named Foster, will start shipping in the first quarter for workstations. It will ship on larger servers throughout the year. The Pentium III Xeon chip, the current high-end 32-bit server and workstation processor from Intel Corp. (stock: INTC), is now shipping in 700-MHz configurations and will ship in 900-MHz models in the first quarter of next year. The release schedule of the faster Pentium III Xeon and Foster could allow systems based on those chips to ship at six-month intervals, reducing product churn, Fister said. "Our releases are phased to intersect with how customers buy the stuff and how OEMs build it, in six month cycles," he said. The Foster chip is designed to provide greater transaction performance than the Pentium III Xeon, as well as improved multiprocessing capability. Foster will run at about 1.4 GHz to start, about the same speed as the desktop version of the chip. The Infiniband I/O channel, designed to provide significantly faster throughput than the existing I/O standard, PCI, will ship with the second-generation IA-64 chip, code-named McKinley, due at the end of next year. Itanium servers will include an 8-processor machine from Hitachi Ltd. (stock: HIT), a 16-processor machine from NEC Corp. (stock: NIPNY), and a 32-processor system from Unisys Corp. (stock: UIS). The major PC server vendors - Compaq Computer Corp. (stock: CPQ), Dell Computer Corp. (stock: CPQ), Hewlett-Packard Co. (stock: HWP), and IBM Corp. (stock: IBM) - are planning systems based on Itanium. Itanium will ship initially at 733 MHz, with an 800-MHz version in the first quarter. Memory support will be limited, practically speaking, by the chipset supporting the processor. For instance, the Unisys machine will support 64 Gbytes of memory. McKinley will be optimized for greater performance than Itanium, with greater clock speed and improved multiprocessor support. McKinley will also require less power than Itanium, meaning that it generates less heat and can be stacked in rack-mounted configurations in greater density. That will make it more suited for use in Internet server farms, officials said.

To: Tony Viola who wrote (113300)	10/12/2000 5:21:47 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "from some of the posts on the AMD threads, sounds like AMD's SMP implementation is delayed until Q2 next year" Pardon my pessimism but, after having SMP running in the lab for over a year, if all they can do at the MPF is demo a mesley 2-way Athlon system, then they are in a world of hurt in SMP land. It was just a demo after all this time and only 2-way to boot! (I type this on my dual processor Celeron system). It wasn't a production release system and 1 year after SMP running in the lab they still can't even do a pre-production demo of a 4-way much less 8/16 way. Wait until they have to do their system validation on much more complex systems. I think they're still a long way off. EP