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To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (85659)	7/24/2002 8:51:50 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: Hammer 2400+ in September Could be a typo, and it should be 3400+, or that periodic speculation that Barton from UMC would be 64-bit, perhaps internally only, and would use the old Socket A, like the 386SX was 32/16 bit, could be true. Personally, doubt it. A 64-bit hammer that used an external memory controller would have considerably lower performance, but being limited to 4 gig of physical RAM wouldn't be a problem for most users, at least not this year. My guess is that, either the story is completely unfounded, or it's just a typo and a handfull of hammers might ship in September. But thanks for the link!

To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (85659)	7/24/2002 9:24:42 AM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Andreas, Re: Hammer in September FWIW: Roughly a month ago, I got an unprecedented call from one of my vendors...asking me if I was wanting to buy anything. The fellow that called went on to discuss the lowered prices of major components. It seems that business was THAT slow! Of course the handwriting was on the wall about Q2 results at that time. While this fellow was on the phone, I asked him when they would have the 64 bit Hammmer for sale, they do sell a lot of AMD processors...his reply, "In a couple of months". I have no idea if he really KNEW anything or was just taking a salesman's stab in the dark. If he really KNEW something, what he said would tend to confirm the content of your post. Like I said...FWIW. Have a good day! Kindest Regards, CrazyMan

To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (85659)	7/24/2002 11:58:36 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Andreas, It could be a limited "pilot" release, which I speculated in the past would be a great idea. The advantages: - chips in hands of a lot of hands of hardware enthusiasts could uncover potential bugs in the chip - AMD can process a lot more Hammer wafers and sell resulting chips in December / January timeframe at much lower risk, since it would be after 3 month "pilot" of the chip. - allows wider testing of x86-64 software - public testing of x86-64 software will allow earlier GA launch Joe