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To: Scumbria who wrote (54321)4/5/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576164
 
scum bria - Re: " To establish name brand recognition and a customer base for K7. Also to finance the development of K7 and K8."

This is going to hurt !

The K7 will have to be sold at K62 prices for the desktop market place.

At 184 sq. mm., that is going to INCREASE the loss/CPU for AMD.

Paul



To: Scumbria who wrote (54321)4/5/1999 7:29:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576164
 
Re: "To establish name brand recognition and a customer base for K7. Also to finance the development of K7 and K8."

They are selling parts at below cost to finance the K7 & K8??? Wouldn't it be cheaper to produce nothing?

Another great AMD strategy!

EP