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To: A. A. LaFountain III who wrote (53095)	3/22/1999 7:55:00 AM
From: gnuman	Respond to of 1583516

Tad LaFountain, re: X86 Servers Thanks for the interesting response. Look forward to the follow-on data Gene

To: A. A. LaFountain III who wrote (53095)	3/22/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583516

I think you are making the same mistake everyone else is making in regards to how AMD will attack Intel's dominance in the x86 server arena. As I said in a previous post ... Message 8419628 ... AMD is not going to make inroads into the server market on CPU prices alone. Even if AMD tried, Intel would have little reason to respond with deep price cuts on Xeon. You brought up Poseidon's simultaneous switched matrix (SSM) chipset as an example of how AMD will push K7 into servers. Got any details on that? This could be a real credible challenge to Intel-based servers because of its potential performance advantage, if Poseidon and AMD can pull it off. Even so, it's not going to prompt Intel to slash Xeon prices. If anything, it will allow AMD to sell the K7 at Xeon prices. Tenchusatsu