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To: Elmer who wrote (37283)	9/22/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584894

Elmer: <<If the K6 had lower costs then AMD could post a profit. Don't confuse price with cost.>> I read in the spec. that the K6/K6-2 is packaged in BGA and runs at 1.8V compared to 2.2V on desktop version. At 1.8V it is well within the thermal envelop of notebook. I also want to let you know that the cost difference associated to BGA (ball grid array) and PGA (pin grid array) is minimal. <<Intel charges more because they can get more. >> Demand is inversely proportional to price. The demand for the K6-300 mobile will be hot since it is almost $400 cheaper than the PII. You can get 3 mobile K6-300 for the price of 1 PII-300. Maxwell