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To: Charles R who wrote (55949)	4/21/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571591

Charles, Doesn't it make sense for AMD to support a K7 variant on socket 7? From an engineering point of view, probably not. I suspect that all available K7 resources will be needed to get a single variant of the part out. In an ideal world they probably would like to have Socket 7 and 370 parts as well. Scumbria

To: Charles R who wrote (55949)	4/21/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571591

<Doesn't it make sense for AMD to support a K7 variant on socket 7? Especially given the infrastructure and cost benefits? Shouldn't such a thing still perform better than PIII? For the consumer market, since "MHz sells" and "cost is the king", what would be some good reasons not to do this?> 1) The K7 isn't really aimed at the market who thinks only in terms of "MHz sells" or "cost is king." It's aimed at those who demand high performance and don't mind shelling out extra bucks for a new motherboard based on new technology. 2) AMD is also eyeing multiprocessor workstations and servers with the K7. Although Socket 7 can do multiprocessing, it really isn't that good at it. 3) For the Socket 7 space, it's a sure bet that AMD will continue supporting it with the K6-III. Tenchusatsu