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To: greg nus who wrote (4888)	3/12/1998 2:59:00 AM
From: Praveen Johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Some more of the usual zdnet.com AMD presses to meet deadline for K6 3-D chip By Lisa DiCarlo, PC Week Online March 11, 1998 4:20 PM PST Already plagued by yield problems, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is pushing the envelope to reach its goal of delivering the K6 3-D chip in the first half of this year. The Austin, Texas, company hoped to announce availability at next week's CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, according to spokesman Dwayne Cox. But AMD is holding out for more application and OEM support, he added. The chip, with proprietary three-dimensional extensions, was announced by AMD President Jerry Sanders at the Microprocessor Forum in October. At the time, Sanders said AMD planned to ship it in the first half of 1998. AMD plans to release the chip by late June, just making its deadline. Independent software vendor support is critical to the success of the K6 3-D. To realize the benefits of the chip, ISVs have to write applications that exploit AMD's 3-D extensions. One of the more noteworthy ones being developed is a game by DreamWorks Interactive called Trespasser, although AMD hopes to amass more applications. In the second half of the year, AMD plans to release the K6 3-D Plus, which features integrated cache and supports a 100MHz bus. Intel Corp. is due to ship its first 100MHz bus chips and chip sets next month. AMD is in the process of converting its manufacturing to the smaller, more efficient 0.25-micron process, which it hopes will boost yields. Since the K6 launch in April 1997, AMD has been unable to ramp up manufacturing to meet demand. This has led to fewer microprocessors being sold and, thus, lower revenues.