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To: Earlie who wrote (50272)	3/7/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Jeff Leader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Early, all - a couple interesting tidbit from the Mar-23 PC Magazine: John Dvorak says Intel has developed a S-RIMM memory module that allows machines designed for Rambus memory to use SDRAM (with some loss of performance). If that is true, it would be interesting to know what (if any) royalty Rambus gets for S-RIMM. This could knock that high-flyer for a loop. PC Mag reviews of the first PIII machines show "the Pentium III's Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) have no real impact on typical business applicatons: The Pentium II/450 and Pentium III/450 comparison systems virtually tied on this measure..." However, 3D performance was somewhat (7%) better. Applications that are heavily floating point intensive gained the most.

To: Earlie who wrote (50272)	3/7/1999 2:43:00 PM
From: wlheatmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie, Got this off other threads...don't know the real source. K6-III More Popular that PIII-ruiner 4:13 p.m. CDT Source: e-mail Thanks to Christian Klass,the Golem Network News Editor-in-chief, for letting me know about a poll they did to find out which III cpu would be the most popular. Here's the results: Berlin, March 1, 1999 --- Golem Network News today announced the results of a poll amongst its readers that indicates AMDs K6-III CPU will be more popular than Intels new Pentium III. The poll with nearly 4800 participents was conducted between 12th and 15th of February 1999 on the website of the German IT-newsservice. About 38 per cent would like to buy an AMD K6-III as their next processor and only 22 per cent consider buying Intel's new flagship, the Pentium III. Results look better for Intels older CPU, the Pentium II which takes a strong lead against it's AMD counterpart, the K6-2. The somewhat slower AMD-CPU is a choice for only 11 per cent of the participants of the poll while about 15 per cent consider buying the Pentium II. The cheaper Intel Celeron models are prefered by nearly 15 per cent of the interviewees. These findings are confirmed by PC Data's January Retail Hardware Report, which concludes that the AMD-K6 processors outsold all Intel-based desktop PCs (including Pentium II and Celeron combined) in the U.S. retail market. The AMD-K6 processors accounted for about 44 per cent of all desktop PC unit sales in January, which marks a major milestone for AMD. For the first time a non-intel processor family leads the U.S. retail market. Compaq laptop to offer new AMD mobile K6-2 By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 5, 1999, 6:00 p.m. PT update AMD will debut a faster, 380-MHz version of its mobile K6-2 processor Monday, and has won Compaq as a major new customer to sell the chip in its laptops, sources said today. AMD claims the processor is 50 percent faster than Intel's mobile Celeron 300 chip, according to people familiar with the new product, and will sell it for less than a comparable Pentium chip. Lining up backing from well-known computer vendors is critical to AMD's strategy of taking on Intel. Until now Compaq has offered AMD chips in desktop computers but not laptops. "It's not as fast as a Pentium II-366 in all regards, but it's a whole lot cheaper," one source familiar with the chip said. "They used to be not even in the same ballpark [as Intel]. Now they're in the same ballpark, and there's savings to be had." Do you want to know more? Read related news View story in The Big Picture Go to Message Boards Search News.com Critical to AMD's goal of keeping the heat on Intel is its ability to boost its chips to higher and higher clock speeds. But the task has proven difficult for the Sunnyvale, California, chipmaker, which hasn't been able to produce enough of its faster chips. AMD missed its fourth-quarter target, for instance, on a 400-MHz K6-2 desktop chip. The shortcoming has hurt AMD with PC manufacturers and bruised its stock price of late. "If they've solved that problem, that's going to help them a lot competitively," one source predicted. Intel isn't resting on its laurels, however, aiming to push its mobile processors to 500 MHz or 600 MHz by the end of the year. In addition, Intel benefits from its ability to manufacture its own chipsets, while AMD must rely on industrial partners such as VIA. Chipsets connect the main processor to other components in the computer. "It remains to be seen whether AMD can work with its platform partners," the source noted. Still, the notebook chip rivalry seems likely to heat up with AMD's introduction of its mobile K6-3, due in the second half of 1999. The new chip will be still faster because of cache running at the full speed of the chip itself, said Microprocessor Report editor-in-chief Linley Gwennap. While the K6-3 may not exceed Intel's offerings in speed, it is more compact, less power-hungry, likely to be less expensive than Intel chips, Gwennap said. AMD could not be reached for comment. News.com's Michael Kanellos contributed to this report.

To: Earlie who wrote (50272)	3/7/1999 6:36:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie: Just that they don't seem to make sense, at least on the face of it. Reduction in the Money Supply numbers isn't consistent with the meteoric rise in the market's averages. Unless...If equity funds used their cash reserves to turn around the market this last time, instead of getting the money from the Fed as in the past, and that prompted account holders to switch some of the estimated 15% of fund money from money market to equity - then that could account for the recent new high...but it also means it won't be sustainable, IMHO. The market, at this level, needs the Fed's backing. AG may want to build public opinion against Social Security money being used in the stock market, and the only way he sees to accomplish that goal is for the market to take a hit...or a sustained contraction would even be better from that viewpoint. If that's true, then my hat's off to him in admiration. He stands to be vilified by the present administration. It'll take an extraordinary amount of courage and conviction to take such a path. Best regards, Merritt