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To: Dr. Saeed Assadi who wrote (38002)	10/3/1998 12:08:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572719

Dr. Saeed Assadi: <<Could you comment on AMD's plans on SMP-workstations and servers? I thought that they are not in multiprocessor business yet.>> AMD will make the first attempt to enter the SMP-workstations and servers with the K7. The K7 will either run single or dual. The quad will probably come late 1999 if the there is a demand for it. The K7 will use slotA which is the same socket as Intel slot1 but not protocol compatible. K7 will use Alpha bus protocol. If you want to look at the K7 just look at the Alpha 21264. Here are the features that makes the Alpha fast 1) 200MHz memory bus (using dual data rate on memory dimms) 2) Backside cache just like Intel 3) Point to point connection rather than bus like Intel SMP 4) Multiples integer and fpu decoders 5) 128 bit L2 SRAM 6) Large L1 data/instruction cache 7) Powerful and efficient branch prediction 8) Powerful FPU unit If you need a powerful server that collect data on thousands of sensors while you run Windows and play games, the K7 is the server for you. The K7 will beat Xeon in both Spec98int and Soec98fpu. It will be available first half of 1999 starting in excess of 500MHz. You will be able to afford one too. Maxwell