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To: Paul Engel who wrote (43603)	12/17/1998 11:38:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573696

AMD Investors - Anybody know about AMD's 133 MHz FSB CPU and their upcoming "P7" CPU? This article is hilarious in the number of errors and misconceptions contained therein. Paul {==============================} ebnews.com New Micron chips may help rivals be more competitive with Intel By Jack Robertson (12/17/98, 02:06:42 PM EDT) Micron Technology Inc. has introduced samples of several 133MHz 64-megabit SDRAM that could boost the Advanced Micro Devices microprocessors that compete with Intel Corp., sources have said. The new Micron 133-MHz SDRAM family works with the high speed bus line used by the new AMD processors, which are faster than Intel's 100-MHz bus using the present workhorse PC100 64-Meg memory chips. Micron even calls the new class PC133 SDRAMs, setting them apart from PC100 devices used in PCs with processors from Intel, which made a $500 million investment in Micron earlier this year. Micron touted the higher speed of the new PC133 chips as offering "performance improvements" over existing SDRAMs. Although the new memory devices will work on Intel's 100-MHz bus, their higher speed advantage would be lost. Micron will start delivering production quantities of PC133 devices next month in configurations of 8Mx8, 4Mx16 and 16Mx4. Other major DRAM producers are also expected top have 133-MHz SDRAMs on the market early next year as well - also targeted for the AMD bus lines, as well as servers and high end workstations. Mike Seibert, Micron strategic marketing manager, said the new PC133 SDRAMs are slated to work with PCs using the higher speed bus line, but didn't identify AMD as the processor vendor. Micron did point to core chipset vendors that will support the new PC133 memory and bus lines - Acer Laboratories Inc., Reliance Computer Corp., Silicon Integrated Systems, Standard Microsystems Corp., and VIA Technologies - all rivals to Intel's PC100 chip set. The 133-MHz SDRAMs and related chip sets are also aimed at the server and workstation market using Intel processors. OEMs of these computers mainly use their own bus lines and chip sets, so the Intel 100-MHz PC is not a factor. Sources said AMD would also to break into this high-end market with its upcoming P-7 processor. The 133-MHz SDRAMs are almost a natural result as memory firms shrink to ever smaller feature sizes. Just as the shift to quarter-micron design rules almost automatically yielded DRAMs with 100-MHz speed, the shrink to 0.21 and 0.22 micron generation boosted speed to 133-MHz. Micron said the new PC133 chips will also be available in unbuffered DIMM memory modules. The firm said it hasn't yet set prices for the initial production chips.