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To: Ed who wrote (33622)	6/28/1998 8:57:00 PM
From: Buckwheat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571821

Ed,, don't be giving Intel any ideas. Because Intel has already exceeded demand in the shrinking market segments that they cater to (high end consumer and high end business). I know you have heard there is currently a glut of CPUs in the market. I know you have also noticed that the low end consumer and business markets have been reported as growing by leaps and bounds over the past several months. If this is true, then which market segments would you think the majority (if not all) of the glut falls in? Much of the pricing pressure that AMD experiences is self imposed. They make some stupid pricing decisions (in my viewpoint) with very little motivation from Intel. The K6 and K6-2 are perfect examples. They compete mainly against the Celeron CPUs. This is not because the microprocessing world put them in this category (abundant published performance tests have put the K6 and K6-2 far above the Celeron), but because AMD put them in this category by pricing them in it. Some of my friends are of the opinion that this pricing policy is to allow AMD to quickly gain market share, and that it will be relaxed in the future. I hope this is true and I hope it works. QUICKLY! Buckwheat