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To: Charles Gryba who wrote (163618)	4/6/2002 5:38:32 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Constantine, Re: "What I think is that the verification procedures for both manufacturers is probably similar" That's your assumption, and probably an incorrect one. Having just 4 errata on a processor like the Athlon, while having the same level of validation is just not reasonable. If you worked in the field of IC validation, you would probably understand. wbmw

To: Charles Gryba who wrote (163618)	4/7/2002 12:43:58 PM
From: SisterMaryElephant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Charles, <Don't you think the OEMS test all the popular software out there and then report their findings to the cpu manufacturer? All I am saying that given the same verification procedures, the Athlon may be the better design when it comes to bugs ( and other things ).> I doubt OEM's use the same validation process for all markets. You do not validate a system to be used in corporate mission critical tasks the same way you validate a system that is destined to go to the home market. It is no coincidence then, that AMD has failed to penetrate the more rigorously tested corporate markets, rendering you're opinion that AMD has the better design to be without merit. I would say, given the same verification process the Intel CPU's are the better design since they dominate all markets. SK