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To: Elmer who wrote (36465)	8/29/1998 12:06:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571862

Elmer: <<Still 100mhz behind? You are being too kind. This is the first time they have EVER been that far behind. The gap is widening and I suspect it will continue to do so. >> Oh that must make you feel good to have 100MHz speed advantage. Too bad the 400 and 450 are not mainstream PCs. On the other hand, AMD is ecstatic to be able to make and sell all the K6-2-350 for good ASP. This has always been Intel domain and now AMD is invited to the party and a member of the country club. Only a year and a half ago AMD was hungry and homeless and had no one to adopt the K5. Next year AMD will be voted as president of the country club with the K6-3 and K7. Maxwell

To: Elmer who wrote (36465)	8/31/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571862

Elmer, AMD is catching up in CPU speed and you know it. Throughout 2H'97, Intel top CPU was 300 MHz PentiumII vs 233 MHz K6 (when you could find them!), a ratio of 1.29. However, the PII was 10% faster than K6 at same clock speed, so the real ratio was 1.42. Now Intel's top CPU is 450 and AMD's is 350, but K6-2 is only 1-2% slower than PII at 350, so the real ratio is 1.30. Wait 'til October for the next act in this play. cpu.simplenet.com : "We have received the information, from a very reliable source, that AMD will release the 400Mhz K6-2 in October..." Even if Intel releases the 500 MHz Pentium II then (not on their roadmap), the ratio will be down to 1.25. If they don't, the ratio is down to 1.18. (allowing 5% for L2 cache advantage of PII). Do you notice a trend here? Petz