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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77605)	4/1/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Ten, Alpha Processor Inc ramps up anti-Intel battle The signs are that Alpha Processor Inc, a consortium backed by Samsung, is beginning to take on Intel at its own game. The company has posted a marketing document on its site here which outlines its future strategy. According to Jeff Borkowski, VP of business development at API, the consortium will exploit the market outside of Compaq and focus its energies on Linux, NT server, digital content creation and MCAD. He said: "Samsung is making significant investments in copper, SOI and flip chip technology which will enable us to continue to deliver the fastest Alpha processors in the market. We have an Alpha architectural license (sic) that enables us to design low cost, yet high performance Alpha processors for specific markets." API will roll out a series of promotions. It has hired spin paramedics Miller Shandwick, and a series of other marketing companies to promote its systems. At the same time, it has rolled out its global service organisation and has hired Linux pundit Rich Payne as well as ex-Compaq exec Jim Snyder. Later on today, API will kick off its benchmarking programme on its Web site. It is positioning systems against Intel Xeon machines and claims they are comprehensively outgunned. ® 193.122.103.82 Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77605)	4/1/1999 6:47:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 186894

Ten, AMD-ZD battle ramps up a notch A reader of The Register has now sent us a copy of the email AMD is sending its customers rubbishing Ziff-Davis benchmarks (see ZD rejigs benchmarks after AMD complaint). The text is below, in full. "Ziff Davis has issued a statement revealing that the 3D Processing Tests used in the 3D Winbench 99 benchmark are misleading and inaccurate. They specifically point out that the tests significantly underrate the performance of AMD K6-2 and AMD K6-III processors. "Intel has used this test suite to point out potential advantages in the Pentium III and SSE technology. In addition, some of our OEM customers, industry partners, and press have used this portion of the benchmark in their testing of AMD processors. "Note that this relates to the 3D Processing Tests which include 'transformation' and the 'lighting and transformation' tests as well as the use of the Null driver. "It does not refer to the overall 3D Winmark results designed to test graphics adapters. Please review the attached detailed bulletin and communicate this to our customers and partners as appropriate. (We used this bulletin in our story yesterday, Ed) "The message: The 3D Processing Tests in the 3D Winbench 99 benchmark have been discredited by Ziff Davis, the developer of the benchmark. Any results used to negatively portray AMD K6-2 or AMD K6-III processor performance should be disregarded as inaccurate." ® 193.122.103.82 Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77605)	4/1/1999 6:49:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 186894

Ten, As an rookie engineer you will soon learn to distinguish between engineering success and short term profitability of a product. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77605)	4/1/1999 6:53:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ten, Intel using Alphas for IA64 development This, we promise, is not an April's Fool joke because it's only just April Fool's day in the Aleutian Islands. However, our source for this story is not our normal Intel architect but another, so take it as you will. According to the source, Intel's 64-bit emulator is performing so badly that Microsoft is requesting, nay demanding, that any code it receives is compiled on an Alpha. And Intel is now using Alphas for its IA-64 development work. Intel was not prepared to comment on the report. ® 193.122.103.82 Scumbria