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To: Maxwell who wrote (38423)10/6/1998 5:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 1576346
 
Maxwell - Re: "They probably defer extra revenue as a safety margin for next quarter. "

An equally plausible explanation is that AMD stuffed the distribution channel just to get 3.8 million out the door.

Do you have any proof of your explanation ?

Paul



To: Maxwell who wrote (38423)10/6/1998 5:41:00 PM
From: Maxwell  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1576346
 
AMD Q3 Competition Preliminary Results:

I am waiting to see if the # of K6-2-350 shipped will be revealed in
tonight CC. In the mean time, the AVERAGE CONSCENCUS predicted
accurately of EPS=$0.01. That is why they say a team is smarter than
an individual.

Q3 Revenue EPS #K6/K6-2 K6-2-350 ASP
(M) ($) (M) (K) ($)

Actual 686 0.01 3.8 ??? 100.26
Average 673 0.01 3.94 383 96.06

Maxwell



To: Maxwell who wrote (38423)10/6/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: Maverick  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576346
 
They probably defer extra revenue as a safety margin for next quarter.. yes, From my source, they shipped 4 MM K6-2 & K6. It shows up in Account receivable (money customers owe) increases to $372,393,000.



To: Maxwell who wrote (38423)10/6/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: MikeyB  Respond to of 1576346
 
Well...Let's see...Q3 vs Q2

Assets:
Cash: -112
Accounts Receivable: +140
Property,Plant & Equipment: +212
Total: +258

Liabilities:
Accounts Payable: -28
Accrued Liabilities: +19
Current Portion of long term debt: +26
Total Current Liabilities: +27
Long term debt less current: +221

Shareholders' Equity: +11

(all figures in millions)

Looks like a pretty good quarter to me