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To: kash johal who wrote (41122)	11/9/1998 2:40:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580034

Kash, Let's assume that the k6-3 runs at 350 Mhz right now, but otherwise is ready to ship..... The reality is that MegaHerz sells, and the sharpy may well get delayed again if AMD finds it's easier to ship 400/450Mhz K6-2's in Q1 99 than say a 400Mhz Sharpy. If K6-3 runs slower than K6-2, that is a serious technical issue which must be resolved before production. "There are 14.3 miles of undiscovered caves in Wind Cave, S.D." I have watched this scenario too many times. Functional x86 silicon does not guarantee a successful product. Scumbria

To: kash johal who wrote (41122)	11/9/1998 3:27:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580034

<Let's assume that the k6-3 runs at 350 Mhz right now, but otherwise is ready to ship. The costs would be higher than k6-2, and it is not clear to me that customers would pay ANY premium to it vs a 400Mhz K6-2 even if it's actual performance was faster than the higher speed K6-2 or the PII.> Then it's clear that the K6-3 isn't hitting performance targets. No biggie; after all, we can always say that Intel's Katmai runs at 350 or 400 MHz right now, but otherwise is ready to ship. The difference is in the release dates. From all the mixed messages I see on the K6-3, it seems that AMD is wobbling back-n-forth with regard to their K6-3 plans. Is it fast enough? Is it faster than the Pentium II? Are the yields high enough? How much K6-2 production will be sacrificed for K6-3 production? And finally, is the K6-3 worth it, considering that the K7 is coming around the bend? Personally, I think that AMD has no reason to release the K6-3 until they can crank out 400 MHz parts in much higher volumes. But that's my own opinion. Tenchusatsu