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To: Elmer who wrote (50509)	2/22/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572904

Re: "Compare this to the K6-3 with a case temp of 65C max. AMD will need a windmill to get rid of all that heat." Hey--just a thought--maybe that has something to do with the frequency the respective chips are running at? Kevin

To: Elmer who wrote (50509)	2/22/1999 8:18:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572904

Elmer - Re: "AMD will need a windmill to get rid of all that heat." That's only a MINOR issue. The REAL issue is the K7 - we know now that the K63 is dead dogmeat. The K7, made on the same process as the K63 (6+3 = 9 - maybe THIS IS the K9 !) will require 2.4 volts or more just to reach 400 MHZ ! How the devil will AMD get to 500 MHz - with 3.3 volts? Further, the K7 only has 128 K L1 cache on chip - NO L2 cache on chip. It will SUFFER big time on performance since it has only 128/320 = 40% of the on-chip cache as the DAWG K63/K9 - using AMD's own cache arguments that they employed to 'dis' the Pentium III. So - HUGE power consumption and 40% cache reduction = another debacle for AMD. The K7 will be LATE - VERY Late. And be a very poor performer - the K63/K9 is a portent of BAD NEWS COMING from AMD - again. Look for the K7 to be "delayed" for further testing as AMD scrambles to get their 0.18 micron process developed and the K7 shrunk to get to >500 MHz. Paul