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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (53255)	8/30/2001 4:50:53 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

BMW, <You know, these numbers are conservative enough that Intel may not even call the foul. ... It makes up a little for AMD's lack of frequency, while not making it too obvious that AMD is still going for high end market share.> That's just like saying it's better for a politician to twist the truth a little instead of telling a whopper. Or it's better for a fisherman to exaggerate the size of the fish he caught by 15% instead of 30%. No matter what, this strategy will backfire exactly like John Fowler predicted. The conservativeness of the ModelHertz numbers is only a smokescreen covering AMD's true intention: to change the rules of the "MHz sells" game that they happen to be losing big time. Tenchusatsu

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (53255)	8/30/2001 5:06:48 PM
From: Milan Shah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

The four Athlon XP processors will sport model numbers representing their relative performance when factoring in overall system performance. For example, the new Athlon XP 1500+ chip will equal a 1.33GHz processor. The 1600+ will equate to a 1.4GHz chip, the 1700+ will correspond to a 1.47GHz chip, and the 1800+ will equal a 1.53GHz processor, according to AMD I just wish they had chosen to use the M and G letters instead of the pure numbers. I think its perfectly ok to market Athlon XP 1.7M and Athlon XP 2G chips. Milan