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To: Time Traveler who wrote (30704)4/1/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Joe NYC  Respond to of 1572507
 
John,

From Tier 1 surplus due to lack of demand. Naturally, mom-and-pops pick them up dirt-cheap in which it is going to hurt AMD's bottom line this quarter.

What is your source of this information?

Joe



To: Time Traveler who wrote (30704)4/1/1998 5:28:00 AM
From: Kenith Lee  Respond to of 1572507
 
From Tier 1 surplus due to lack of demand. Naturally, mom-and-pops pick them up dirt-cheap in which it is going to hurt AMD's bottom line this quarter.

John,

Mom-and-pops have to fork out more for the K6s. They don't get volume discount nor special deals. This actually helps AMD's Q1 balance.