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To: kash johal who wrote (43423)	12/15/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1572777

Kash, RE:"Hell the K-3's should get pretty close to the Katmai's. I suggest they delay the K-7's and devote all of Fab 30 to the K-3's. I am shocked at how poor the specs are." ------ It seems that their won't be much difference between K6-3 and Katmai other than Katmai instructions and 3DNow instructions...except maybe a little raw FPU power...and the price of course which will be a thorn in Intels side...AMD sticking the point in closer to the top of Intels feed bag. Jim Jim

To: kash johal who wrote (43423)	12/15/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572777

<Hell the K-3's should get pretty close to the Katmai's. I suggest they delay the K-7's and devote all of Fab 30 to the K-3's.> Are you nuts? AMD should be betting the farm on K7, not K6-3. And with the questionable schedule of the K6-3 along with the positive hopes for an early K7 release, it seems that AMD may be doing just that. I wonder if the K7 isn't going to be much of an improvement integer-wise over the K6-3. Floating-point will shine in the K7, particularly since the K6-3 will still have a wimpy FPU. But perhaps there's a reason why AMD is emphasizing the FPU of the K7 over the integer performance. Tenchusatsu