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To: Process Boy who wrote (57380)	5/6/1999 1:15:00 AM
From: grok	Respond to of 1571987

Re: <" So K6III may not happen." For the reasons you have outlined, I believe you are absolutely correct.> It is actually quite unfair to AMD because they don't get to benefit from the performance they provide in K6III. Just when they really needed a break too. But, who ever said life was fair!

To: Process Boy who wrote (57380)	5/6/1999 2:12:00 AM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571987

KZNerd and PB, re << So K6III may not happen>> I disagree 100%. K6III will happen, there is no question about it. If you had listen to AMD's CC you would know this also. AMD MUST fulfill their requirements for K62 to the big OEM's. That requirement along with some capacity being used for K7 does not leave that much for K6III. AMD does not currently plan to shrink K62 to 0.18 and they plan to be 100% 0.18 by early 2000. K6III has always been considered the main chip for AMD after the shrink to 0.18. This quarter AMD plans to ship "few hundreds of thousands" of K6III. That is not enough to bring on any other major OEM outside of Compaq. Nothing about this plan is new and the plan has not changed! I find it interesting that people judge a company's plans and speculate on its success without knowing what the actual plans are. Mani