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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (56069)	4/22/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572088

According to the CC, current yields are resulting in mix which has "considerably" more than 50% K6 400 and faster. It seems that this pattern is holding up as K6400 is by far the most popular AMD chip at pricewatch judging by the number of vendors offering it. At a local computer super store it seems that almost half the PC's for sale are AMD K6 400 or 450. Not bad. Hers is what I think is bad, AMD has not really ramped the K6 III, 450 (perhaps due to yield reasons). I don't like this at all. Microworkz (http://www.microworkz.com/Microworkz_Systems/zpc_pro.cfm ) which got a lot of press recently for their $299 PC still does not have the K6III 450 based computer in stock. They have been advertising it for a while and had said it would be available April 1st. It now says, "Please note that this system will not start shipping until April 30th upon waiting on the K6-III ." NOT GOOD They were expecting it April 1st and they still don't have it. It is very possible that AMD has chosen not to ramp the K6III to high volumes until they move to 0.18. Sanders hinted to this during the CC. Maybe they have decided that the current mix of K62 and high yeilds are enough for $10000/wafer thus resulting in a break even quarter. Comments please. :) Lets bring back the discussion to AMD instead of personal name calling. Mani