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To: BillyG who wrote (33717)	6/9/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Graphics chips moving to software. They are keeping a card, but not 3D chips. AMD declares they are ahead of Intel. Without a graphics chip for softDVD, your gonna need a hardware decoder..................................... Tuesday June 9 1998 Semiconductors AMD 3-D product targets the low-cost PC YVONNE CHAN in Taipei Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has released a processor with enhanced 3-D graphics capabilities aimed at the fast-growing, high-performance, low-cost PC market. The K6-2 chip is available in speed ranges of 266 MHz, 300 MHz and 333 MHz - and a 350 MHz version later this year. It will be 25 per cent cheaper than Intel's Pentium II chips of the same speed. The K6-2 also features 3DNow, 21 new instructions that boost floating point integers to optimise graphical applications, such as games. It is used with a graphics card to achieve the 3-D images. Use of in-house developed 3DNow marks the first time the company has released a new feature ahead of Intel. "We have taken a leadership role," said Jerry Lynch, AMD Asia-Pacific vice-president of sales and marketing. Intel earlier this year released its i740 graphics chip that greatly enhances images, but putting 3-D technology directly on the microprocessor helps reduce PC costs. AMD claims 3DNow handles floating point and MMX (multimedia extension) instructions in a way that helps reduce performance-slowing bottlenecks. It demonstrated a PC with a 333 MHz K6-2 with a 333 MHz Pentium II-equipped PC, running the same graphical software. The K6-2 ran richer graphics faster than the Pentium II-powered PC, which did not contain the i740.