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To: Joey Smith who wrote (44232)	12/29/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572129

Re: "3D-NOW has been a complete failure for AMD. Why? Because AMD has not been able to charge a "value premium" for it. " Wrong. I would not have purchased an AMD chip last time around if it hadn't been for 3DNow, because I want FPU power when I decide to sit down and play games. There are a lot of people in the same boat as I. Without 3DNow, AMD's pricing position would be a whole lot worse than it is today. Kevin

To: Joey Smith who wrote (44232)	12/29/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572129

Joey Smith: <<3D-NOW has been a complete failure for AMD. Why? Because AMD has not been able to charge a "value premium" for it.>> Are you stupid or what? You guage success as the ability of charging a "value premium" for new technology? I guage success as the ability of establishing a standard and bring value added to consumers. MMX was a complete failure because the technology didn't bring any value added to consumers. <<Have you seen the prices for K6-2 chips lately (relative to Intel chips)? Not a pretty picture.>> Why do you think this is so? Is it because 1) AMD yield of the 400MHz is less than 1%? 2) AMD supply limited? 3) AMD is demand limited? 4) AMD try to penetrate the market? 5) AMD is trying to establish a standard on 3DNOW? 6) AMD yield is bad? 7) AMD yield is good? Stick around for Q4 earnings and we will hear what AMD has to say. Maxwell