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To: Maxwell who wrote (37643)	9/29/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: StockMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572725

Maxy, Re -- They need to fix the problem once and for all. There is a circuitry design flaw that the chip doesn't work at 450MHz. They aren't shipping the Xeon/Chipset combo that has a flaw in it. AMD should do the same.

To: Maxwell who wrote (37643)	9/29/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1572725

Re: "Intel is still shipping the FLAWED XEON. They need to fix the problem once and for all. There is a circuitry design flaw that the chip doesn't work at 450MHz. BTW, saying that the 400MHz works whereas the 450MHz don't is NOT SUFFICIENT, since it is something that is specific to the PII Xeon that has caused it. " Maxwell, if we accept this nonsense, by implication every K6 processor shipped is a flawed 380mhz. In fact every AMD processer ever shipped is a flawed version of the next higher speed bin. The fact is that Intel didn't ship the 450mhz Xeon because it won't yet work at that speed. Every design has an upper limit. AMD didn't have the integrety to wait for a patch before they shipped the K6-350. This is a very good confirmation of my theory that AMD was simply too desperate to hold back a response to Intel's 450mhz PII. It is now confirmed that AMD shipped K6-350s that they knew would cause system lockups and they purposely refused to notify customers because AMD did not yet have a patch. This confirms my previous statement that AMD decided to ship flawed processors and wait till later to come up with an excuse. The obvious actions of a desperate company who knew they were falling farther behind in the speed race and chose shipping a flawed 350mhz part over shipping no 350mhz at all. STAY TUNED!!! EP