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To: Elmer who wrote (55673)	4/15/1999 11:20:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575623

Elmer - RE: "I have good reason to believe that the register's estimations of Willamette/Foster are well below what it will really do. The Specint95 numbers they posted (43) are way low. The Frequency numbers are too low also. If AMD really knew what was coming they'd just close up shop and go home. It's fun though watching these AMDolts think they have a prayer." Ummmmmm, Elmer, you too are starting to dream. "just close up shop and go home"??? IF the K7 lives up to its hype, AMD will have the highest performing Windows-compatible processor for at least 6 -9 months! That means Intel won't have ANYTHING to pit against it performance-wise. Imagine the damage (read - microprocessor share gains) that can be done, not to mention profits for a change. 13 months after the K6 came out, AMD came out with the K6-2. I wouldn't be surprised if AMD did something like with the K7, possibly using the 400MHz bus, and there is a long shot possibility of KNI (if it and 3D Now! don't go the way of MMX). I remember reading that with a 400MHz bus, bandwith (memory?) will be 3.2GB/s, or what is expected with Willamette. Do you really think AMD won't have anything new/updated in 9 months? That would be a very stupid thing for them to do, or not to do. Key phrase here - IF the K7 lives up to its hype.