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To: Ali Chen who wrote (54519)	4/7/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579939

Ali, AMD needs to get their products into the business sector. Compaq seems to be moving in that direction. Scumbria

To: Ali Chen who wrote (54519)	4/7/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1579939

Ali Chen - RE: the bulky heat sink with fan is mounted directly on the naked die (I wonder where are all those vocal proponents of reliability...). Years of work went into this process, including extensive Q&R. Intuitively you may think a thing, but the data may say otherwise. PB

To: Ali Chen who wrote (54519)	4/7/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1579939

Re: "I would not under-estimate Intel. It may be true for "design teams", but as a company Intel has delivered totally re-layered P-III in flip-chip package, eliminated half of solder-on an mount-on components on the Slot-2 or whatever they call it. These are serious cost-cutting measures, the P-III chip is shipped almost naked, the bulky heat sink with fan is mounted directly on the naked die (I wonder where are all those vocal proponents of reliability...). In addition, the C4 redesign let them acieve higher speeds within the same technology - P-III at 600 and 650 must be around the corner. This will allow them to continue their rip-off pricing scheme for a while, and their profits will not drop. Until AMD will came out with slightly better, slightly cheaper product(s) in freely available quantities, AMD business will be miserable, so will the stock. " Why Ali, this may be the first and only intelligent post you have ever made!!! I am very pleased to see your progress. EP