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To: Elmer who wrote (39990)	10/24/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1574122

Elmer - Re: " You guys who have popped woodies over the foil flipping will go limp once reality sinks in, but when did reality ever matter to most of you guys anyway?" AMD's Foils have so much more potential. Paul

To: Elmer who wrote (39990)	10/25/1998 1:29:00 AM
From: Brian Hutcheson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574122

Intel insiders shares selling action is curious their selling comes on every rally as if they lack confidence in its sustainability . news.com

To: Elmer who wrote (39990)	10/25/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574122

Elmer, RE:"You say AMD will move the L2 on die at some future time, fine, but what will they need those new expensive highspeed testers for once they add the L2 to the die and only need to test a 100mhz bus (not 200mhz as claimed by some here, it is 100mhz double pumped) No need to test at 500+ mhz anymore." Apparently AMD made a judgement call to get the K7 to market ASAP. I think that's the prudent thing to do despite the extra cost for testers. Maybe they will add L2 to the die later and maybe they won't. The ability to add up to 8 megs of L2 off die does make a case for off die L2 doesn't it? Also, at 145mm2 for the K7 if you start adding L2 to the die, the die size starts getting rather large increasing wafer waste and dropping effective yield, doesn't it? If AMD can get the K7 in mass production at a time where it's significantly faster than anythng Intel has to offer the premium price they will get for it will make up some of the tester cost, I would think? Jim