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To: Elmer who wrote (36903)	9/9/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571068

Elmer: << Each of these claims is taken out of context, but no matter, each of those claims was true at the time and the context in which it was made and many are still true today. >> Each one of those claims was a STATEMENT and a PREDICTION. An event that hasn't happen yet doesn't mean it will not happen. Therefore people should think before they make wild claims unless they have hard data to back up. People who have keen insight usually can predict. The "cows" on the other hand can't see beyond the fence. Let me go through each one for you. #1) No tier 1 will adopt K6. Wrong. AMD has 7 out of 10 top tier1 #2) AMD can't make notebook K6. Wrong. CPQ, UMAX, and many are now making K6/K6-2 notebooks. It goes as high as 300MHz. #3) AMD can't make 0.25um K6. K6-300 is a phantom chip. Wrong. 0.25um chips were first used by IBM and CPQ in Jan. 1998. AMD completely converted to 0.25um by April 1998. #4) AMD can't make CPU that plays QuakeII like the PII. Wrong. AMD introduced K6-II in May 1998. It outperformed PII at same clock speed with 3DNOW. #5) AMD can't reach 350MHz. Wrong. AMD introduced the K6-2-350MHz in August 1998. #6) AMD can't achieve volume on the 350MHz. Wrong. K6-2 are now used by IBM and Acer. There are over 15 vendors carrying K6-2-350. #7) AMD yield on the 0.25um process sucks. Wrong. AMD gets more dice/wafer than Intel could achieve on their PII and CeleronA. #8) AMD will never reach the 400MHz and 450MHz. Not yet proven. But DLJ is certain that AMD is on target to introduce the 400MHz before Christmas. Our process expert Yousef has changed his mind and think AMD can hit by Nov. 1, 1998. #9) AMD will miss the Christmas season of the 400MHz. See #8. #10)AMD K7 is vaporware. Not much info. here. We will see in Oct. at Microprocessor Forum and Nov. Comdex. #11)No software support for 3DNOW! Wrong. There are more softwares now supporting 3DNOW than MMX. More are coming. #12)No tier 1 will adopt K6-2 Wrong. IBM and Acer. #13)CPQ will not adopt K6-2 Not yet. I will guarantee you that it will happen. #14)CeleronA will kill K6-2 No data. We will find out in 6 months. Maxwell