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To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (66694)	12/30/2001 10:48:06 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"Maybe you can tell me why they haven't written an article about AMD selling Athlons and Durons below cost and losing money in Q3 of this year." Because it isn't relevant? "Ever wonder why they don't jump up on their soap box to defend Intel against this predatory pricing by AMD?" Not particularly If you really read the article, then you would know that they were commenting on the ability of the minor players to survive. Their consensus was they would not be able to, as proved to be the case, save AMD. Now technically speaking, AMD cannot be accused of predatory pricing since they have such a small percentage of the market. But even if that were the case, they wouldn't write it up because AMD cannot change the industry even if they gave their processors away. They can only make so many, Intel can make 100% of the market if they were actually able to sell that many. See, that is the difference between being in a monopoly situation, and being the scrappy minor player. The rules are different, in this country and in Europe. I know it galls you, but that is reality. Deal with it...

To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (66694)	12/31/2001 10:05:06 AM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 275872

Monica: AMD performs...INTC promises!!! "If there was any doubt in your mind about which company makes the fastest CPU in the business, there shouldn't be anymore. AMD is now rounding out the 2001 year with an absolutely amazing CPU, which rips apart the Pentium 4 in nearly every benchmark we threw at it. While the 1.67 GHz (2000+) processor doesn't have any technological advances compared to previous Athlon XP processors, its extra clock speed gives it a nice extra boost to show the Pentium 4 who's the boss. ........ We're also eagerly awaiting Intel's response to the latest Athlon chips, in the form of the 2.0 and 2.2 GHz Northwood processors (dubbed 2.0A, and 2.2A GHz), which boast a new 0.13-micron manufacturing process, as well as a doubled L2 cache size, up from 256 kB to 512 kB. Whether this will be able to dig them out from the hole that AMD has put them in, that's left to be seen. We're guessing the 2.2 GHz Northwood and 1.67 GHz Athlon XP will be extremely close in terms of all around performance." AMD now...INTC some-time-in-the-future-if-ever!!!