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To: kash johal who wrote (59458)	5/24/1999 12:08:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573952

Kash, Dirk Meyer is giving a talk about K7 performance on June 10. Why do they need to hype in advance? Scumbria

To: kash johal who wrote (59458)	5/24/1999 12:26:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573952

Re: "I tend to believe that the "final" K7 is still somewhere early in the manufacturing pipe." If the "final" version of the K7 hasn't been out and running in their validation labs for weeks now, and their validation partners labs, then it is premature to call it "final". The total lack of credible benchmarks as well as leaks from system vendors is not a good sign, IMHO. Remember the K6? We heard from a number of sources well before release. It's possible that Scumbria is right and the final version is here and they are all sold and everyone is keeping quiet because it's so incredible they want to stun the world, however usually the simplier explanation is the right one. What if IBM or Intel or Alpha or the SPARC people were behaving the same way. Would people be giddy with delight, believing their wildest dreams must be true? I don't think so. EP