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To: Paul Engel who wrote (44891)	1/5/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574189

Re: "You are confusing SPEED with MHz." Aren't you the guy who recently said "MHz sells"? I suppose the K6-2s would probably be slower because the other parts in the notebook are probably cheaper parts. But if the 333 Mhz K6-2 runs on a 95 MHz bus and the PII-300 notebook runs on a 66 Mhz, I bet the K6-2 is faster, if all other parts are equal. The same probably would hold for a K6-2 on a 66 Mhz bus. Keep in mind that nobody is doing FPU intensive aps on a notebook--its all about integer. Wonder when Intel will put a Celeron in a notebook (or if they'll just wait for Dixon)? How much power does a socketed Celeron consume, anyway? Kevin

To: Paul Engel who wrote (44891)	1/5/1999 4:04:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574189

RE:"You are confusing SPEED with MHz." How soon they forget... 333>300 Megahertz Sells (™ Jim McMannis) Verified by Paul Otellini of Intel... Jim

To: Paul Engel who wrote (44891)	1/5/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574189

Dear Priest: A few months ago you gave an idea of getting higher MHz on the K6-2 by jacking up the voltage. Apparently AMD got your idea. Check out AMD_INSIDE posting from yahoo thread. If he is correct then watch for the 450MHz soon. messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com <<2) AMD is about to announce a K6-2/450. They will up the core voltage to 2.3 volts instead of 2.2 volts and with that small bump can easily yield 450MHz devices. This announcement will be coming any day now. The ASP on this processor will be over $200. 3)AMD is on target for a February introduction of the K6-3/400 processor with several major OEMs. The K6-3/400 has already been shown to outperform the PentiumII-450 by 8 - 12% depending on the benchmark. This processor will be initially targeted at the commercial market segment. And you know who the big players are in that segment don't you (Compaq, Dell, Gateway, IBM, Micron). AMD will probably launch K6-3 with at least 3 of these leading players in February. Since the commercial segment is less price sensitive, AMD's initial ASPs for the K6-3 will be in the $300 range (much higher than the current $100 ASP model).>> Look like AMD may be once again can escape beyond the "event of horizon" of Intel Black Hole. Maxwell