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To: gnuman who wrote (41078)	11/26/1997 12:38:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

**WAAAAYYYY OFF TOPIC** Do any of our silicon experts on this thread know of any companies developing chips to do lab work with blood? I was watching CNET the other day and caught the end of a segment in which they were highlighting companies with technologies that may make today's laboratory obsolete. Two companies had a "Lab on a chip" and could literally perform hundreds of tests on blood. Many of the tests previously requiring a centrifuge will no longer need one. And they made the point of saying that this was only the beginning. The chip they had that could do this was the equivalent of an x8088. What could these chips do with a Merced comparable architecture? It's mind boggling where we are headed but I want to be a part of it. I am personally not sold on biotechs. The risk/reward simply is not there for me; the FDA can put the kaibash on an entire company overnight. Uncle Sam has enough of a hold over me without controlling my investments! And rarely do you get corrections like the one we are currently getting which leave values scattered everywhere- "too many princesses and not enough lips." But these companies have piqued my interest. TIA for any help, Brian

To: gnuman who wrote (41078)	11/26/1997 7:05:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gene - Re: "AMD K6/300 3D 30% faster than PII 300" The AMD 300 MHz machine ran at 100 MHz clock speed and, presumably, using 100+ MHz SDRAM. The Intel machine ran at 66 MHz - since Intel isn't shipping the 440BX chip yet. This alone is a 33% advantage for the AMD machine. Also, the amount of main memory was not specified - AMD likes to use 64 Meg DRAM in AMD machines and compare them to Intel machines with HALF that mempry (32 Meg) as well as using a graphics card with reduced (memory) performance - as they will be demonstrating in their "Face Off" against Intel after Thanksgiving. Remember - AMD demonstrated a 266 MHz K6 on APril 2, 1997 at the K6 launch - and they are STILL NOT IN PRODUCTION on this part. Paul