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To: Yousef who wrote (37480)	9/25/1998 9:33:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1583823

This 380 MHz "speed bump" is a great idea. Who'll want a Celeron 350 or 366 when they can get a 380 MHz chip instead? Wonder when Intel will anounce their 380 MHz Celeron? When it happens you know the result--further cannibalization of 400 MHz PII sales. Kevin

To: Yousef who wrote (37480)	9/26/1998 5:24:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Respond to of 1583823

Yousef: <<As I remember Maxwell, you didn't think Intel's 333mhz "speed bump" was even worthy of being called a new speed bin. I guess with this new 380mhz speed bin ... That means AMD is now 3 speed bins (380mhz, 400mhz, and 450mhz) behind Intel. The "speed bin" gap is widening. <ggg>>> Well since Intel decided to go for the 333MHz and was successful AMD will deploy the 380MHz as well. It is the consumers who are buying that count. The 380MHz will be selling cheaper than the PII-350MHz and consumers WILL BUY THE BETTER OF MHz/$. K6-2-380 should kill the PII-350 and CeleronA-366 quickly. By October end AMD will be 1 speed grade behind Intel. Unless Intel has something up their sleeves the 500MHz will not be introduced in Q1-1999. That means AMD may get a chance to release the K6-2-450 in Nov. or Dec. If they could then Katmai-450MHz will be a dud. Now the speed bin gap is 100MHz. It will be shorten to 50MHz by end of October. Maxwell