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To: Scumbria who wrote (43977)	12/24/1998 5:41:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574518

<It is interesting that the K7, without an onboard L2, scores 30% higher than Katmai at the same clock speed. When the K7 core gets an onboard L2, Intel is going to fall seriously behind in the performance race.> Don't you mean on-die L2 cache? After all, K7 and Pentium II already have L2 cache on the daughtercard, which is what "on-board" seems to suggest. <If AMD can get their manufacturing up to speed, it will be difficult for Intel to ever regain the lead in the x86 wars. It may turn into AMD at the top of the desktop market, and Intel and NSM fighting it out at the low end.> That'll be the day. Intel scrounging for scraps like NSM, while AMD becomes the #1 mainstream supplier. Even with Dresden cranking out the maximum number of K7 CPUs per quarter, AMD will not be able to outproduce Intel, nor will AMD ever have as much influence as Intel does in order to blaze its own Slot A trail. Then what happens when Willamette and Foster are released in late-2000? Trust me, Intel isn't going to be forced down to bottom-feeder status. Ask Tony why not; it's getting way too late for me. Tenchusatsu