Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: StockMan who wrote (37305)	9/22/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582531

AMD Pits K6-2 350MHz Chip Against Intel Pentium II 09/22/98 Newsbytes, Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 12:25 MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES, 1998 SEP 22 (NB) -- By Joel D Pinaroc, Metropolitan Computer Times. The ongoing chip war is raised to yet another level again with the recent announcement by Advanced Micro Devices [NYSE:AMD] of the availability of its latest microprocessor, the K6-2 350 megahertz (MHz) chip, positioned to directly compete with Intel's Pentium II microprocessor product line. AMD is apparently banking on the new K6-2 350 MHz chip's features, to overtake Intel's Pentium II, as far as performance is concerned. Chong Kum Shiong, product marketing manager of AMD, in a press briefing held recently, stressed that the new AMD chip is "gaining momentum in the market" due to the strong support being shown by top PC vendors such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Fujitsu and Acer, among others. "OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and end-users are embracing the value and leading-edge performance of 3Dnow! Technology with AMD processor-based systems for home and business applications, providing users with a rich 3-D (three-dimensional) visual computing experience," Chong said. "In addition, the 350 MHz AMD K6-2 provides competitive performance on mainstream business applications compared to a 350 MHz Pentium II." In a presentation, Chong said AMD has already shipped over seven million AMD-K6 processors. This figure is expected to reach 12 million by the end of 1998, with the volume shipment of the new K6-2 350 MHz chip. Sitting on a 100 MHz Bus Frontside L2 and powered by 9.3 million transistors, Chong said the K6-2 350 MHz will compete head-on with its Pentium II counterpart for the high-end PC desktop market. With AMD's 3DNow! technology, Chong said the K6-2 350MHz chip provides users with "superior visual computing" experience, without compromising the processor's competitive performance on mainstream business applications. According to Chong, leading software applications that are currently supporting K6-2 and 3Dnow includes, Microsoft's DirectX 6.0, OpenGL, Glide 2.5 and 3.0 and a slew of interactive 3-D gaming titles. Chong also added that AMD is bent on further increasing the performance level of K6-2 processors with upcoming 400 MHz chips in the fourth quarter and 450 MHz in the first quarter 1999. For instance, K6-2 "Sharptoot," AMD's answer to Intel's "Katmai," said Chong, will be the "ultimate sixth generation processor to utilize both 100 MHz backside and 100 MHz Frontside L3.

To: StockMan who wrote (37305)	9/22/1998 2:57:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582531

Compaq Presario notebooks are the best selling notebooks inretail channel AMD Announces AMD-K6/300 Processor for Mobile Computing; AMD Family of Mobile Processors Brings Price and Performance Benefits to Mobile Computing BusinessWire, Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 09:21 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998--AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced availability of the AMD-K6(R)/300 processor optimized for mobile computing, setting new standards in performance for the price of notebook PCs. This latest offering builds upon the success of the AMD-K6/266 mobile processor. "The superior price for the performance benefits that desktop system users have embraced with AMD-K6 processors are now available in our family of processors for mobile computing," said S. Atiq Raza, AMD executive vice president and chief technical officer. "We plan to offer a full line of mobile processor solutions from entry-level to the high end." In an earlier announcement today, Compaq Computer Corporation introduced the Presario 1250, the first notebook to feature the mobile 300-MHz AMD-K6 processor. This all-in-one notebook features a 12.1-inch TFT Active Matrix display, 512 KB L2 Pipeline Burst Cache, 64 MB SycnDRAM memory (expandable to 96 MB) and a 6.4 GB hard drive. The Presario 1250 is available nationwide. "Compaq Presario notebooks are the best selling notebooks in the retail channel," said Greg Memo, Compaq vice president, Mobile Products Division, Consumer Products Group. "We will continue to deliver the ultimate PC value to our customers at unbeatable prices using great technologies like AMD K6 processors." Other OEMs are expected to announce notebook computers based on the AMD-K6/300 mobile processor in the near future. About the Mobile AMD-K6(R) processor The mobile AMD-K6/300 processor generates less heat and consumes significantly less power than its desktop counterpart. It meets the demands of portable computing with an extended Tcase rating (85(Degree)C) and typical power consumption of less than 6.6 Watts. It is available in PGA and BGA packages, the latter offering the smallest form factor with a foot print of one square inch. All AMD-K6 processors feature sixth-generation x86 processing, leading-edge performance for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating systems, 64K of on-chip L1 cache, industry-standard MMX(TM) instructions and state-of-the-art manufacturing in AMD's 0.25-micron process technology. Pricing and Availability The 300-MHz AMD mobile processor is available now for $229 in lots of 1,000.