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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (114723)	10/22/2000 3:34:46 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Re: "More seriously, how long after 1st Silicon would you expect Sludgepumper to launch?" That depends - you need chip sets, motherboards and useful operating systems and applications. AMD can launch it one day after first silicon - a lot of good that will do. Intel has run into difficulties with faster Xeons - they can introduce these at a much faster rate than their customer base can absorb them. The system level verification of these new products can run from several months to nearly a year when radical changes are made. The SludgePumper is a radical change - if used for servers. Not only will it require lengthy, exhaustive system level testing, verification and optimization, it will at first require COMMITMENT from a recognized OEM. I'm sure Xi Computers, LeapFrog LanSpecialties and CyberSmash Servers will be more accommodating to AMD. Don't forget - when SludgeHumpy is first introduced, Intel will be introducing their second generation 64 bit CPUs and their 4'th generation 32 bit Xeons. Then ask yourself - how many resources do the server engineering teams of Compaq, Dell, IBM, and HP and Gateway have for server applications? Paul