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To: Robert Walter who wrote (35931)	8/13/1998 1:44:00 AM
From: Gary Ng	Respond to of 1572630

Robert, Re: The answer is yes but it has been a long time and it wasn't very much Thanks for the information. However, I am wondering if that was because of the introduction of K6 where volume was very small which didn't drag down the profit too much to the negative territory. Anyone have some insider information that by itself (including R&D etc.) whether the K family processors has made any profit ? Gary

To: Robert Walter who wrote (35931)	8/13/1998 8:41:00 PM
From: JBoyd	Respond to of 1572630

RE:In fact, anyone know if their K families ever made any money ? The answer is yes but it has been a long time and it wasn't very much. To find a quarter were AMD made a profit with the K family of cpu's you have to reach back to Q2 1997. If memory serves me correctly AMD turned a 7 cents per share profit. They also turned a profit in Q1 that year I think it was 9 cents per share. In Q1 1997 it was mostly driven by the K5-166 firesale and in Q2 it was caused by the release of the K6. AMD was profitable, but I am certain it was because of the non-CPU businesses. Prior to those businesses going bad (hopefully on a short term basis) I always felt like there was a limit to how low AMD could go. Now I am not so sure what the lower limit would be.