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To: Charles R who wrote (43042)	6/6/2001 7:52:47 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Charles re: There is little doubt in my mind that AMD lost some market share during early parts SV base their conclusion on their Taiwan sources I wonder how did you arrive to your conclusions since I did not see any statistical sources that would contradict SV as far as holding the stock then it is very much depends on individual objectives Regards -Albert

To: Charles R who wrote (43042)	6/6/2001 9:01:57 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I'd say AMD continued to gain share in April, lost a little in May and is again gaining share. The consensus revenue estimate for AMD is for a 7.5% sequential loss to 1.1B The consensus revenue estimate for Intel is supposedly 6.3B, a 5.6% drop but that's just mimicking the "official line" of 6.1 to 6.5B. 6.175 would equal AMD's expected drop. Should know more this time tomorrow. Petz

To: Charles R who wrote (43042)	6/6/2001 9:13:23 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 275872

The "joke" continues.... Max Black unveils AMD AthlonTM MP Dual Processor-based Workstations Munich, Germany. (June 5th, 2001) – Max Black Limited today introduced their next-generation Storm K7MP Dual AMD Athlon™ MP processor-based workstations designed to deliver unparalleled system performance to creative and technical professionals running either Windows® 2000 or Linux® operating systems. The Storm K7MP workstations are specifically optimised for leading 3D Animation and Content Creation software such as Maya, 3DS Max, Combustion, Photoshop, Shake and Houdini. Architecture The Storm K7MP developed in conjunction with AMD is one of the world’s first workstations based on the AMD -760™ MP chipset and the AMD Athlon™ MP processor. The Storm K7MP’s architecture delivers outstanding Multi processing performance with Dual Point to Point Busses at 266 MHz delivering up to 4.2 GB/s of bus bandwidth, whilst using cost effective DDR SDRAM Memory. Smart MP and the specifically tuned 3DNow! Professional technology also improves performance in computation-intensive applications such as content creation and media streaming. This core architecture combined with the latest ATI Fire GL 4 and 3D Labs, Wildcat™ 5110 DDR SGRAM and Ultra 160 SCSI storage the Storm K7MP provides a highly optimised 3D platform. Customer testimonial Alan Marques, Visual Effects Director at No Strings Attached Limited said of the Storm K7 "The Storm K7MP workstation provides the best interactive graphics and rendering performance that I have seen from any 3D workstation to date" Sheila Dunn Animator at Double Negative Limited in London says "With Complex animation sequences this is by far the most responsive workstation I have worked with". "Instant feed back is critical to workflow in this environment and this workstation provides it. It’s going to be very hard to go back to my existing dual processor-based workstation" Operating Systems. Max Black will ship the Storm K7MP range pre-loaded with Windows 2000 from June 6th 2001 and launch systems with hardware accelerated open GL SUSE Linux shortly afterwards. Pricing and Availability ** The entry level Storm K7MP Workstations with 512 Mb of RAM IDE storage and FIRE GL 2 optimised graphics will start at £3300. With the top of the range system with 1Gb RAM, Ultra 160 SCSI storage and the FIRE GL 4 optimised graphics will cost £4700 . For further information contact Max Black Sales on +44 1763 245757 About Max Black Max Black limited are one of the UK’s leading integrators of High Performance workstations, products, and services for the Content Creation marketplace. Max Black develops, manufactures and supports workstations for the creative development, internet and technical markets. Max Black is based in Royston, Hertfordshire and Perivale, London have a direct Sales and Dealer channel. For more information on Max Black please visit www.maxblack.co.uk ]

To: Charles R who wrote (43042)	6/6/2001 9:14:30 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

More jokes... Max Black Launches AMD Athlon MP Dual Processor low profile Servers June 6th, 2001 2:30 PM - Kiran Venkatesh Source: Email Category: Press Releases Thanks to Andy Bennett of Max Black for sending me the PR for the release of ther Athlon MP Dual-CPU low profile servers: Max Black Launches AMD AthlonTM MP Dual Processor low profile Servers Munich, Germany. (June 5th, 2001) – Max Black Limited today introduced their next-generation Storm RSK7 Dual AMD Athlon ™ MP processor-based Servers and Rendering modules Architecture The Storm RSK7 developed in conjunction with AMD is one of the world’s first platforms based on the AMD -760™ MP chipset and the AMD Athlon™ MP processor. The Storm RSK7’s architecture delivers outstanding Multi processing performance with Dual Point to Point Busses at 266 MHz delivering up to 4.2 GB/s of bus bandwidth, whilst using cost effective DDR SDRAM Memory. Transaction based processing, Smart MP and High Memory bandwidth means up to 33% more server-based transactions per second in the Application Server Environment in Dual processor mode when compared with its X86 competition* Whilst the specifically tuned 3DNow! Professional technology also improves performance in computation-intensive applications such as content creation and media web streaming. Minimum Footprint, Maximum Performance The Storm RSK7 server provides the new benchmark for compute performance per rack U space. Packing maximum performance in minimal space, the 1U Storm RS is specifically designed for application environments requiring compute power in a space-constrained area. The Storm RSK7 server combines Dual 1.2 Ghz AMD Athlon™ MP processors, as much as 4GB of Registered 2100 DDR SDRAM, up to 4 hot swap SCA bays, and a 64-bit, 66 MHz, full-length PCI slot in an ultra compact 1U chassis. Ideal as a diskless render node for today’s content creation applications, a cluster node or as a departmental / internet server the Storm RSK7 also features two integrated ethernet 10/100 Mb LAN controllers for adaptive load balancing or failover. The Storm RSK7 can also be configured with optional gigabit ethernet. As a server platform the Storm RS can be configured with up to 220 Gb of Ultra 160 SCSI RAID 5 storage. Operating Systems Max Black will ship the Storm RSK7 range pre-loaded with Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server and shortly after launch, systems will be available with SUSE linux. Pricing and Availability ** The entry level price for a Storm RSK7 unit preloaded with Linux with a single SCSI drive and 512 Mb RAM will be £2800. A standard configured Server with 4 x 36 Gb Ultra 160 Hard disks and 1 Gb preloaded with Linux will cost £4800. For further information contact Max Black Sales on +44 1763 245757 [ next \| previous \| top \| bottom ] Bill Gates Donates Additional $ To His Foundation June 6th, 2001 12:39 PM - Brandon Hill Source: Electic Tech Category: News Bill Gates is in the giving mood again. He's adding another $2 billion to his foundation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that in the first half of the year, Bill and Melinda Gates have given their charitable foundation an additional $2 billion, bringing the total endowment of the foundation to $23.5 billion. Headquartered in Seattle, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is focused on issues of global health, education, libraries and public access to information. Bill Gates Donates Additional $ To His Foundation [ next \| previous \| top \| bottom ] The AMD 760 MP and nVidia's nForce, crowd pleasers? June 6th, 2001 9:23 AM - Brandon Hill Source: Hardware Analysis Category: Motherboards With all the positive light swirling around the nForce and 760MP, Hardware Analysis casts some doubt on the offerings from NVidia and AMD: For AMD to give Intel a run for their money and make their x86 SMP architecture the de-facto standard in the workstation market they should not have released their 760MP chipset with two 1.2GHz Athlon MPs but rather 1.7GHz or even 1.8GHz versions of the CPU instead. They should've rather waited for these CPUs to become available and in the meantime focus on the consumer market. The workstation market isn't one that is forgiving, but is one that puts performance, stability and compatibility first, before any price considerations. If the 760 MP and Athlon MP CPUs had been introduced at 1.7GHz or 1.8GHz clockspeeds they would have swept the ground from under Intel's offerings, probably both in price and performance. From the very start AMD would then have had a product that is not only an alternative, but also an obvious choice for anybody wanting the highest performing x86 workstation. Now they unfortunately have to face another clockspeed battle and prove themselves in the workstation market that they could've had in their pocket from day one. The AMD 760 MP and nVidia's nForce, crowd pleasers?