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To: Richard Wang who wrote (51900)	3/8/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: RDM	Respond to of 1572197

I think that the start of k-7 production wafers is a important milestone. This is better timing than I have feared for the K-7.

To: Richard Wang who wrote (51900)	3/8/1999 5:35:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1572197

Richard, Raza also announced that the company has started production wafers on its seventh-generation processor, the AMD-K7(tm), which is scheduled for introduction in June. It is standard practice to do base layer starts, while metal fixes are still being worked out. The fact that production wafers are in the fab does not necessarily indicate that the part is production worthy. It does indicate that AMD is confident enough to take an expensive gamble. Scumbria