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To: Petz who wrote (32139)	4/23/1998 9:19:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583556

<Whereas Intel is trying to cover both the x86 and Unix markets with one dual-mode chip (Merced), AMD will have the Alpha for Unix and the K7 for the x86 market. IMHO, the Intel one-chip tradeoff will fail as an x86 chip and as a Unix chip because of all the wasted silicon for the "other" mode.> You're wrong here John. Intel is continuing to evolve the x86 architecture with Wililamit, not Merced, and AMD won't bother with Alpha. Why should they? AMD is having plenty of trouble building their own designs. Do you think AMD is going to try and compete in ultra high frequency Alphas? I don't think so. The problem has never been supply, but demand. What does the world need another Alpha supplier for? Intel would be happy to see AMD trash more wafers trying to yield 500+mhz Alphas, and then compete on price with Intel and Samsung. Even Jerry isn't that stupid. Alpha is a nice design but a bad product. That's why DEC was so quick to dump it. If DEC couldn't fill 1 fab with Alpha's, who's going to make money in a competative market? When the smoke clears, everyone will realize this was just a stupid case of government do gooders trying to look like they are doing something, but in reality, this is a non-event and even AMD will figure that one out. EP