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To: csmith who wrote (80526)	5/7/1999 3:36:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

<With June just 3 1/2 weeks away, is there any sign that AMD is able to produce more of their 400/450 MHz parts?> It's hard to say. It's kind of obvious that AMD has a hard time getting the K6-III to 450 MHz. K6-2 parts at 450 MHz are more plentiful, but the K6-2 is also offered in the 475 MHz version, which is also hard to come by. <If not, why does anybody think they will be selling 500/550/600 MHz parts in 3 1/2 weeks?> The argument is that the K7, like the Pentium II/III and Celeron, is architected for high MHz. If AMD was able to reach 475 MHz with the K6-2, a chip that wasn't architected for high MHz, imagine what they could achieve with a chip that is. However, I don't believe the K7 will be out until the very end of June at the earliest, i.e. more than three and a half weeks. And, at least for the following three months, I don't think AMD will be able to sell more than a handful of K7 chips at speeds above 500 MHz if they even tried. Tenchusatsu