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To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (26312)	12/1/1997 6:52:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572970

James: <<If 300 Mhz PMMXs were available, it would steal sales of the slot 1 CPUs in favor of socket 7, which Intel is trying to kill off.>> It will be quite tough for Intel to kill socket 7. I have used the K6-200 on 66MHz bus speed on my favorite games and quite impress with its speed compared to the Pentium class. The K6-300MHz on 100MHz will be more than what I will ever need unless some good 3D games come out. That system will be in the order of the PII-300 class for cheaper price. What AMD is doing right this time is investing in game company that makes 3-D games for the K6-3D. If that game company can come up with at least 3 good games a year the K6-3D will be a homerun. This is a smart move for AMD since they are realizing that an extension in the MMX is only good if there are software written for it. From reading Tom's Hardware page I can't wait for the K6-3D games come out. As I have said all along AMD's future is depended on its execution. If they can execute well they will be profitable. If they don't then Intel goes on unchallenged. Maxwell

To: James Yegerlehner who wrote (26312)	12/1/1997 7:04:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572970

James, re:<I think the PMMX is stopping at 233 for marketing reasons> For the socket 7 PMMX you're right -- they could probably sell them at 266, but they want to kill socket 7. The Tillamook, however, isn't really socket 7-compatible because of its notebook packaging. I think the market would pay $200 more for a 266 notebook chip and probably $400 more for a 300 notebook chip. Its possible that Intel will suddenly announce a 266 Tillamook when AMD comes out with the K6 notebook chip, but even the 200MHz notebooks are pretty scarce right now. Petz