Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27105)	12/23/1997 3:38:00 PM
From: greg nus	Respond to of 1573691

Brian -)...-)

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27105)	12/23/1997 5:35:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573691

Brian, I just stopped at thechipmerchant and innocently asked the sales clerk when they expected K6-266's. After checking inside she said "not 'til February." The only other 2 people in the storefront were buying K6's. When asked about chip return policy the other clerk noted that he's never sold a K6 chip that didn't work and the boxed chip had a 5 year warranty. Last time I was there there were 2 people buying Intel socket 7 chips and 4 more buying memory. Does anyone remember how soon after K6 intro that thechipmerchant had K6's? Petz

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27105)	12/23/1997 7:25:00 PM
From: E.J. Neitz Jr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573691

Brian, the larger discount probably reflects the upcoming release of 266mhz. Think about it--they need to entice people to buy the 200 and 233 and price will help--sort of like dropping the price on leftover 1997 cars to make room for 1998 model. By the way--just built my own system--asus motherboard and a K200. A few weeks ago when I bought this, the 233mhz was quite a bit more expensive than the 200mhz. My reasoning was that by buying the 200,I could afford to throw it away in 6 months and upgrade to a 266 or higher. Had I spent the extra $ for a 233, I would be less reluctant to regard it as a throwaway--yet I would be stuck with something longer than I wanted to. The K6 is great for the under $1000 set and a group of people like myself that like to upgrade chip technology frequently. I consider the K-6 great and Cyrix is not even a contender.

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27105)	12/23/1997 9:21:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573691

Brian, Re: "The action of the stock is normal in december due to final tax loss selling." AMD going from $45 --> $18 shouldn't be considered to be normal "due to final tax loss selling" ... obviously there is a more significant factor at work here like the two speed bin difference in performance, poor yield, and low prices forced by Intel. Make It So, Yousef