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To: Scumbria who wrote (133934)	5/1/2001 6:19:56 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Re: "P4 is too big, tied to the Rambus boat anchor, and loses to Athlon on most benchmarks. " Huh? We just discussed that - new drivers - and new software - bring the Pentium 4 ABOVE the AthWiper performance. As for RAMBUS and die size - get a grip - Intel's yields on 217 sq. mm. Pentium 4 deliver MORE GOOD DIE than AMD's smaller AthWiper - get over it. RAMBUS memory adds some extra cost, but customers pay more for Intel products - fact of life. And besides - AMD's DDR efforts - at least with VIA chip sets - provide higher costs at NO BENEFIT in speed. Paul

To: Scumbria who wrote (133934)	5/1/2001 6:54:11 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria - Re"I don't see it. P4 is too big, tied to the Rambus boat anchor, and loses to Athlon on most benchmarks" But if you get new P4 drivers, a 90% boost on benchmarks for business applications is reported. That is a huge performance boost -- for current applications. 213.219.40.69 We will soon verification of the performance boost from other sources if the report is true. And if this is true it is devastating news for AMD.