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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (42330)11/28/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: TGPTNDR  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1572856
 
Jim Re. <Several things concern me though...> Yeah, AMD scares the heck out of me too! But the K6-3 should be a cakewalk, & the K7 has the same guys designing who did the DEC chip.

I'm thinking that you are over-estimating the effects of KNI when you say that AMD has 3 months max to really promote 3DKNOW. I *think* that 3DKNOW is fait accompli(sp?). There is never a way to turn back the clock(TT excepted), & once accepted and put into the compiler relm the instructions will remain.

How long will INTC try to hold out before licencing 3DKNOW?

tgptndr



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (42330)11/28/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572856
 
Re: "AMD would be a moron if they don't come out with their own chipset. VIA and Ali are good at copying chipsets but when they have to develop their own, it takes a few revisions before they can get it right."

A chipset for the K7 will likely need leading edge process technology to meet the proposed performance goals. If AMD spins their own chipset, it will eat up valuable capacity.

EP


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