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To: Maverick who wrote (33660)	6/29/1998 2:23:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571871

Maverick - Re: " A PR300 Cyrix chip, therefore, should offer roughly the application performance of a 300MHz Intel processor, much faster than its CPU performance in MIPS shows. " Let's see now. The Cyirx MII-300 , a PR300 rating, has a performance of 80% of a Genuine Intel Pentium II. That should compute to a PR = 0.80*300 = 240, or a PR240. The MII-300 runs at 233 Mhz, approximately 240 Mhz. So whi is Cyrix trying to bamboozle? A Cyrix MII-300, with a PR 300 rating, runs at 233 MHz with 240 MHz performance! No wonder Cyrix is killing Intel! Thanks for the article! Paul

To: Maverick who wrote (33660)	6/29/1998 3:08:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571871

Mavs, those articles are already old. 300 chips are now the LOW-end. Intel will be selling 300-450 Celeron and PIIs in 2H98 at very low prices. How will AMD keep up???? I bet they can't. Expect a serious cut-back in production and costs, and AMD looking for a suitor. I bet you Jerry bails out before the humiliation of going around on his knees with his tail between his legs begging for someone to bail out AMD <ggg> Jerry was very foolish to try and take-on Intel by increasing volumes and this will become apparent VERY SOON. <ggg> joey