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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (159540)	2/21/2002 1:05:38 AM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

<font color=red>-AMD Unveils Groundbreaking Platform Design for Its Next Generation Microprocessors The AMD-8000 Series of Chipsets to Provide Evolutionary Building Blocks for Future Computing Platforms SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2002--AMD (NYSE:AMD - news) today disclosed details of the AMD-8000(TM) series of chipsets, which in conjunction with AMD's next generation processor architecture -- codenamed ``Hammer'' -- is expected to provide a groundbreaking advancement to dramatically improve the overall performance of future computing platforms. Full Story biz.yahoo.com

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (159540)	2/21/2002 8:33:02 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

*Re: I find it interesting that the OEMs are eager to use desktop Pentium 4 CPUs over the mobile Athlon CPUs* and Mobile Intel CPUs.** Buyers like big numbers: P4 1700 or Athlon 1700+. Buyers are less impressed by small numbers, PIII 1200 or Athlon4 1200. AMD has started shipping a mobile 1500+, but it is very expensive. Buyers have been trained to expect that notebooks that weigh more than 5 pounds will be cheap, and that notebooks that weigh 5 pounds or less are more expensive. P4 notebooks, and .18 Athlon notebooks, weigh more than 5 pounds and buyers expect to pay modest prices for them. A desktop P4 can have a big number (say, 1700) but still be cheap (OEMs probably pay about $130 for them), which makes it good candidate for a large, but inexpensive notebook - as long as portability isn't an issue. The fireworks will start, particularly for Dell, if P4 can't be fit into a notebook weighing less than 6 pounds (whild maintaining 2 hour or better battery life), but SOI Athlon 4s make it into sub 5 pound notebooks with good battery life.