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To: Scumbria who wrote (48504)	2/4/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: RDM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582287

News from AMD Web Site: AMD RE-ASSESSING COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS SUNNYVALE, CA -- FEBRUARY 4, 1999 -- AMD announced today that, based on a re-assessment of competitive conditions, the company could incur an operating loss in the current quarter. "Design enhancements to increase the yield of higher-speed versions of the AMD-K6®-2 processor with 3DNow!(TM) technology have been successfully implemented," said W.J. Sanders, chairman and chief executive officer of AMD. "We will not, however, realize the benefits of the change in production output until the back half of the current quarter. "In the light of Intel's recent pull-in of its February 28 price reductions to February 8, and pending product announcements, we are re-assessing our competitive response. The likely outcome is that in spite of the planned richer mix, we will be unable to increase our microprocessor average selling prices in the current quarter. This will put additional pressure on our gross margins. In the face of planned R&D spending on technology development through the Motorola alliance and at our new Dresden megafab, the company could incur an operating loss in the current quarter," Sanders concluded.

To: Scumbria who wrote (48504)	2/4/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582287

Re: "Intel is taking profits from their high end business, and using them to drive to squash competition in entry level systems. " When are you guys ever going to get a grip. Intel makes money on their entry level processors. They would have no trouble proving that. They can't be responsible for incompetent competition. EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (48504)	2/4/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Longshot	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1582287

You are responding to this message from Scumbria on Feb 4 1999 5:19PM EST Will AMD EVER learn how to make money?? Intel is taking profits from their high end business, and using them to drive to squash competition in entry level systems. The two possible remedies are: 1. Antitrust action 2. K7 The government won't enforce it's own laws, so that leaves #2. Scumbria ------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh please, spare us. First you guys cheer for how much market share AMD and NSM have, which implies Intel is NOT a monopoly and now that AMD falters, Intel is now a monopoly again. Doh! In any case, I would bet Intel is still making money with their price cuts. They might not be making Xeon-like margins, but I would suspect their margins are still fairly decent, so please spare us the predatory pricing whine. It's not their fault that AMD screwed up... Longshot