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To: Mani1 who wrote (55656)	4/15/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578288

Mani - < If customers want the performance of the K7, OEM will offer it> This assumes the K7 will perform better than Intel's offerings. IMHO, there is not conclusive evidence that this will be the case. Never mind the chipset, mainboard, and availability questions at time of release. PB

To: Mani1 who wrote (55656)	4/15/1999 7:39:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578288

<OEM's will offer the K7 if it can make them more money. That is all there is to it. If customers want the performance of the K7, OEM will offer it. This is not complicated.> Notice the key word "if" there. Scumbria mentioned that the worst case scenario for the K7 is that it matches the performance of the Pentium III, and I agree. But I also argue that this worst-case scenario is very bad for AMD, because that means that AMD won't be able to sell the K7 at $500. I'll bet reality is a little better than this, though. I don't expect the Pentium III to exceed 550 MHz at the time of the K7 launch. And I'll bet that the K7 is at least a little faster than the K6-III in integer performance, meaning that even at 500 MHz it's bound to be a little faster than a Pentium III 550 MHz. Oh well. At least the K7 volume will only be a trickle in Q3, Q4, and Q1 2000, and the Pentium III is still safe. Tenchusatsu