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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (153382)	12/31/2001 2:12:47 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: Last quarter, their premium 1.4GHz chip sold for about $100, and their blended ASP was a paltry $60 Good point. This quarter (on pricewatch): $359 - Athlon XP 2000 $236 - Athlon XP 1900 $177 - Athlon XP 1800 $135 - Athlon XP 1700 $116 - Athlon XP 1600 $110 - Athlon XP 1500 $337 - Athlon MP 1900 $258 - Athlon MP 1800 $164 - Athlon MP 1600 $158 - Athlon MP 1500 AMD is also selling a bunch of mobile chips, with pricing similar to the MP series. Have you seen any movement in Intel ASPs from last quarter to this quarter?

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (153382)	12/31/2001 3:24:35 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<font color=blue>Doubt Northwood will blow anything over. I'm sure that's why AMD padded the QS ratings by 10% gamepc.com gamepc.com As an avid Photoshop user, these numbers very much impressed me. Keep in mind, the version of Photoshop we ran for our benchmarks even has special optimizations for the Pentium 4 processor. gamepc.com This mark makes it clear why LucasFilm's chose AMD over INTC. The Final Word 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. The current 0.18-micron Palomino design still has some fight left in it as well. As we've seen in our overclocking tests, even today's chips are physically able to run at 1.8 GHz with slightly better cooling. As AMD's manufacturing processes continue to get better, it will be very likely that AMD releases two to three more speed revisions of the current Athlon XP design before finally transitioning to their 0.13 micron designs. 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. So, this is the end of the CPU race for 2001. Intel still has the fastest overall clock speed, with a 333 MHz advantage over AMD. Even so, our benchmarks show the Athlon XP 1.67 GHz 2000+ winning nine out of the twelve benchmark tests over the Pentium 4 2.0 GHz chip. While the Pentium 4 may have a few strong points, in overall system wide processor performance, the Athlon XP is simply a better chip. gamepc.com M.