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To: Scumbria who wrote (48681)	2/5/1999 3:15:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572391

Slick - Re: " AMD has done an incredible job of ramping up multiple product lines very quickly, with far less resources than their competitor. " AMD shelled out $800,000,000 for the NexGEN group. AMD borrowed $500,000,000 from DLJ's SUCKER LIST last year. AMD mortgaged MegaFLop 25 for $425,000,000. AMD sold off their Headquarters for $90,000,000 AMD finessed the German Saxony State out of $1,000,000,000 for Dresden/Fab 30. Those sum up to about $2.8 BILLION of resources - hardly a small sum ! Paul PS - I didn't factor in the Motorola Copper process - maybe it's worth a few hundred dollars.

To: Scumbria who wrote (48681)	2/5/1999 3:15:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572391

<AMD has done an incredible job of ramping up multiple product lines very quickly, with far less resources than their competitor.> So? You can have the most yardage in a football game, but it means nothing if you keep committing turnovers every time you get to the red zone. AMD has managed a few field goals, including the 3DNow instructions, the ramp-up to 400 MHz, and the 333 MHz mobile K6-2. But they do commit a lot of turnovers, including the K6-3 delay and the K6-2 "mask problem". Can the rookie called the K7 save the game for AMD? Tenchusatsu

To: Scumbria who wrote (48681)	2/5/1999 3:34:00 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Respond to of 1572391

Scumbria, Without the recent Intel price cuts, AMD would be selling parts with ASP's around $150. Well, thank god Intel is here to stop those price goughing sobs.

To: Scumbria who wrote (48681)	2/5/1999 6:29:00 AM
From: Joseph S. Lione	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572391

Scumbria: "Without the recent Intel price cuts, AMD would be selling parts with ASP's around $150." so we consumers have Intel to thank for keeping processor prices down! Thank you, Intel!!!!