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To: Petz who wrote (36411)	8/27/1998 9:38:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572208

John, Voila! The K6-2-350 IS priced against the 350 MHz Pentium II. Last time I checked, there was no such thing as a Celeron-350. I mentioned this before in passing, but I guess I could emphasize it again. Thanks to the Mendocino, both the AMD K6-2 and the mid-range Intel Pentium II are in trouble. The difference is that Intel has a Pentium II 400 and 450 MHz to carry the high-end desktops, but AMD does not. Sales of the Pentium II 350 might be hurt somewhat by Mendocino, but not as much as the K6-2 350 MHz. After all, who in the world is going to pay Pentium-II-like prices for the K6-2 350 MHZ which only has a 5% speed increase above the K6-2 and Mendocino 333 MHz? Let's face it, AMD still has trouble trying to position the K6-2 as a Pentium II competitor, and Intel marketing has done a good job relegating the K6-2 down to the Celeron segment of the market, even before Mendocino. The only viable chance that AMD has in breaking through the Celeron barrier is Sharptooth (a.k.a. K6-3).