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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (37524)	9/27/1998 12:47:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583522

Re: "Speaking of layoffs...how long has it been since you were layed off from AMD? How fast do you think the K7 will be demoed on Oct 15th and what process?" I have never been layed off (or fired) from any company. How fast will the K7 be? I really don't know for sure. It depends on their design approach. High frequency and less work per clock ala RISC or more work per clock and lower frequency ala cyrix. One thing is certain, no one has been able to do both high frequency and more work per clock although Intel has come the closest. I expect the K7 to appear on their .25u process because a new device on a new process is too risky. Nobody wants to debug two things at once. AMD however has made some really stupid decisions in the past so anything is possible. Don't forget: The product that will save AMD is always the next one. The product that will finally catch Intel is always the next one. The quarter when AMD will turn the corner is always the next one. EP

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (37524)	9/27/1998 1:48:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1583522

Jim, <how long has it been since you [Elmer] were layed off from AMD?> According to his several posts, he must be a former second-hand engineer at AMD 29k-project. Apparently during the tough days of K5 project, the 29k-project was terminated due to inability to compete with other embedded RISC offerings. In big companies, all talented engineers from the trminated projects are usually re-employed for other projects within the same company - it is too costly to lose these valuable investments. However, the deadwood and other non-reemployable morons just do not get an internal offer and "voluteered" to "resign" (without any material compensation though). Therefore, within the formal definition of a "layoff", he is probably telling the truth (formally) :-) However, no one must be fooled by this formality, a loser remains the loser, just more hostile. We should trust nothing he has said on this forum.