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To: Paul Engel who wrote (65328)	9/23/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Re: "I'd guess that the part is simply binned-out from final tests - some small fraction of K6 devices probably meet that speed/voltage corner." (K6-300 mobile). Whoa. Imagining a small number of chips working in that speed/voltage combination corner. Any headroom for power supply drift or higher than average ambient temperature here? What kind of test margins does AMD employ, anyhow, I wonder? Any? What about Intel? That kind of stuff never does come out. You have to have inside information. Doesn't matter I guess. No doubt the average customer feels that, if it's for sale at Fry's, it must be good no matter what they do with it. Like, if they leave it on in a room with a West facing wall on a hot afternoon and the sun streaming in... Tony

To: Paul Engel who wrote (65328)	9/23/1998 7:28:00 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul Engel, re:<It is a conclusion - based on the facts.> From IBM, (thnx John Koligman) "In fact, Connors acknowledged that the new $899 Aptiva E2U, with an AMD K6-2/333-MHz processor and 48MB of memory, could adequately handle ViaVoice, although the application is not included." You should be more careful about your "factual" statements. As the thread "guru" you should try to be fair. ;-)