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To: Paul Engel who wrote (149906)	11/27/2001 8:27:03 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"Does AMD's Smoke & Mirror Bit have any customers - like these Intel StratFlash customers?" Probably not. But the "cost is our only criterea" crowd is extremely fickle. At this point in time, StrataFlash is the lowest cost per bit. Next week, it very well may be different. Considering that Intel only has the "price thingy" as their advantage, they need to milk it for all it is worth. Once AMD rolls out their MirrorBit on 0.18 micron, Intel can only compete on price. And that means they only appeal to bottom feeders. So if Intel want's to sell to those who want to buy at cost, so be it.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (149906)	11/27/2001 8:27:06 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: Does AMD's Smoke & Mirror Bit have any customers AMD sells high performance flash that can support the "next generation" cell phones coming out next month. They have high resolution color displays, better connection management, and some have integrated capabilities such as PIM. Color alone requires a lot more bits than B&W and the advanced connection management requires higher bit rate flash than Intel's inferior (but cheap) product can provide. "To introduce the most advanced solutions for its high-end phones, Nokia works closely with many suppliers in its product development," said Rune Lindholm, Nokia's Principal Scientist of Baseband Architectures. "AMD is the first supplier to meet Nokia's Flash memory requirements to address the high data rates of next generation cellular phones such as GPRS, EDGE and 3G. AMD's exceptionally fast 32 Megabit and 64 Megabit products enable us to provide the most advanced cellular solutions in the market." "We are proud to support Nokia, the world's leading cellular phone manufacturer, in its efforts to revolutionize wireless communications," said Walid Maghribi, group vice president of AMD's Memory Group. "AMD challenged itself and succeeded through its partnership with Nokia to develop and ship the most advanced flash memory products available in the market today." The Am29BDS643 has an industry leading burst access time of 13.5ns and the Am29BDS323 has a burst access time of 20ns. The high speed Burst mode capability allows microprocessors to operate at optimal performance levels by significantly reducing the number of wait states required to read code and data from the flash. The result is increased overall system performance. pcstats.com