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To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (134113)	5/4/2001 9:53:01 AM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Duke, >AMD HOLDS BACK HAMMER RELEASE 05.04.01 COMMERCIAL NEWS HPCwire I love that wording. Usually the term "hold back" is used when you have something in hand. The hammers are nowhere near Silicon. Tony

To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (134113)	5/5/2001 10:22:47 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Joe - Re: "AMD representatives said the company decided to wait in order to align the Hammer family of chips -- which feature the ability to process data in 64-bit chunks -- with a new chip manufacturing technology, called Silicon on Insulator (SOI). At the same time, the company plans to extend its Athlon processors well into 2003, instead of tapering them off earlier..."What this does now is align Hammer with SOI from day 1," Tisdale said " Translation - AMD just SLIPPED their 0.13 micron SOI process by 6 months as well - and the AMD-SUCK-UP press - Spooner in particular - won't bother to notice - or report - this additional slip ! AMD - executing itself FLAWLESSLY ! Paul