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To: Paul Engel who wrote (67002)10/18/1998 11:17:00 PM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Tom Kurlak should read your comments on this thread especially the technical analysis which he so dearly lacks.You should charge him with tuition for Course 101 on Intel Dynamics taught by Dr. Engel.



To: Paul Engel who wrote (67002)10/19/1998 1:02:00 AM
From: dumbmoney  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
If Intel's Katmai instructions become the industry favorite for enhanced video, 3D, rendering and voice-recognition software developers, AMD will be caught with incompatible CPUs that will have to be FURTHER discounted to essentially unprofitable levels.

It's pretty obvious that AMD has no choice but to implement KNI. But having 3dnow buys them some time. If they didn't have 3dnow, it really would be a disaster.

The K-7 will have to offer twice the performance of an Intel CPU at half the price just to be CONSIDERED by a customer.

Hmm, slight exaggeration don't you think? If the K7 offers superior performance, it will find a ready market - period.

Remember - the K-7 is a SOLE SOURCE PART and with AMD's history, what reputable server or workstation manufacturer will commit to a SOLE-SOURCED device - made in just one AMD wafer fab?

I think AMD would be delighted, to say the least, to "only" sell into the performance desktop market (where they have never been before) - never mind the server market!

I agree about NSM, IDT, and the rest. They are toast.

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We are all aware of AMD's spotty track record. But this time I think it may really be different.

Intel has stated that the P7 is at least two years away (late 2000, early 2001). That's a mighty big window of opportunity. Maybe even big enough for AMD. Quite frankly, Intel screwed up bigtime.



To: Paul Engel who wrote (67002)10/19/1998 3:01:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul,

NSM is wounded - maybe mortally. They haven's had a competitive part in over 18 months.

NSM's market share has been growing rather rapidly of late. They are obviously no longer trying to compete at the high end.

Scumbria