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To: Elmer who wrote (32734)	5/17/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571774

Elmer, Can't you or Yousef answer my question about the relative cost of a Pentium II and K6, all things being equal? Is this some dirty little secret? Based on Die size shouldn't the K6 cost slightly more than half the price of a Pentium II? Doesn't therein lie the problem...Intel HAS to stay a few speed grades ahead because they have sacrificed die size for speed grades? That speed comes with a price, right? I suppose you and Yousef will chime in about the "superior" process technology of Intel making up for the difference in die size but suppose that doesn't last forever. Hummm.

To: Elmer who wrote (32734)	5/17/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1571774

Intel is targeting the "Mutant Alien Blaster" segment, too. Haven't you seen the announcement of their new PII-based arcade machines? Why are Intel and AMD targeting this segment? Because they're not stupid. Games are one of the few applications out there that really require more processing power than a PII-233 can provide. And as we all know, Intel makes its money by selling ever faster processors at high ASP to a constantly upgrading customer base. Kevin