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To: Paul Engel who wrote (42603)	12/2/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576144

Paul, If AMD can remain close to Intel in clock speed, they will make lots of money. Intel is not going to drop their prices at the high end down to $100. Those 8 million Celerons you refer to were sold at the expense of PII, not K6. AMD's sales have been growing steadily. If AMD does not yield above 400 MHz, the story could change rapidly however. Scumbria

To: Paul Engel who wrote (42603)	12/2/1998 8:04:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576144

Paul- RE: "Scumbria - Re: "Did Intel plan on losing >50% of the retail market to AMD this year?" Actually, I would assume Intel's plan was to maximize profits - which they have done - and if a temporary market share loss in the low-profit zone was called for, then they did plan on it." Warning: Reading the rest of this message will help you realize how much B.S. Engel puts out each day. Yes, Intel wanted to maximize profits, but in NO way did they "plan on" a "temporaty market share loss". Neither you, me, Intel, nor AMD had any idea the K6/K6-2 was going to do as well as it has done this year when the year began. Remember one year ago? AMD's yields were pathetic and they didn't even supply chips in massive quantities to any major OEM. Intel couldn't have planned to lose to Cyrix either. Cyrix also didn't supply chips in massive quantities to any major OEM. That takes AMD and Cyrix out of the picture. Who DID Intel plan "a temporary market share loss" to? IDT and their still-low-yielding Winchip? Rise and their still-not-out-yet mp6?