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To: Paul Engel who wrote (159784)	2/22/2002 2:56:25 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

"Just making it up like your Droid buddy Liar Dan !! " Nope, I am not. Ok, let's look at the full e-mail I sent. The AMD-8000 chipset will be available to infrastructure manufacturers. Whether or not they will be in machines available for sale in the fourth quarter will depend on PC manufacturers' product introduction timelines. _____________________ AMD Investor Relations 408 749-3127 ph 408 749-2036 fx amd.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:49 AM To: Beckham, Toni Subject: What does 'available' mean in this context? Ms. Beckham, being an AMD investor, I noted with interest the press release with respect the the 8000 series support chips for the Hammer. One question though, they are described as being available in Q402. Now AMD tends to use the word "available" in one of two ways, available to OEMs (like the desktop processors), and available in end products (like the mobile processors). So, in this case, which is it? Thank you for your time, Note that I asked what available meant in the context of the press release. Her reply stated that they would be available to infrastructure manufacturers (i.e. motherboard manufacturers) in Q4 and that whether or not they would be available from the PC manufacturers in Q4 depends on their particular timeline. Now, I guess, you could choose to believe that she felt is possible, however slim, that a PC manufacturer would consider shipping a system with sample chips, but...