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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (33049)	5/29/1998 5:36:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1571051

Link to $199 k6-3d-300 BOXED xxera.com Boxed P II 300 is $409 on the same page.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (33049)	5/29/1998 7:24:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1571051

I think both the $139/$179 K6-2-266/300 and the cheap Intel PII-300 prices are real. Discounting of P2's due to oversupply has been going on for some time now. AMD decided to sell under the table just like Intel is doing. For proof read news.com Many speed grades of both companies' processors are already selling substantially below posted prices due to a surplus in the market. In turn, this is leading to strong discounts on "white box" or house-brand computers. "Supply is overshadowing demand. It's not as dramatic as the DRAM [memory chip] situation, but it's known to be there," said Mark Giudici, director of the microprocessor supply and pricing service at Dataquest. Intel's 300-MHz Pentium II, for instance, officially sells for $375 to wholesale customers in volume. Several retail chip dealers, however, are offering the chip to consumers for $247 to $270, a 36 percent discount. 266-MHz Pentium IIs are selling for $223, $23 below the $246 volume price. AMD's K6-2 chip, which was only released yesterday, is already available over the counter for more than 30 percent below the volume wholesale price. At Once, an AMD reseller, is selling the 266-MHz K6-2 for $127 in single lot quantities, $60 under AMD's posted wholesale price of $187 On June 8, At Once will begin to sell the 300-MHz version of the K6-2 with a fan for $172, a company sales representative said, more than $100 below the posted wholesale price (without fan) of $281. Petz