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Subject: Re: AMD ships K7 processor

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 10:32:09 06/24/99

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On June 24, 1999 at 13:24:37, Mark Young wrote:

>On June 24, 1999 at 13:11:33, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>The K7 is finally out there. Now to see how it fares to all the hype:
>>
>>http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2281846,00.html
>>
>>
>>                            Albert Silver
>
>I hope it blows everthing that Intel has out now, or plans to release soon. In
>the hope that it will drop Intel's prices again, and make for a faster release
>date of the new chips to counter the K7 in the market. If not Hello K7 :)
>
>Win...win.

It's obvious that AMD plans on recouping their losses with this processor by
competing against the PIII. The announced prices are very revealing:

500 Mhz chip - $324
550 Mhz chip - $479
600 Mhz chip - $699 (!)

I share your hopes though. I hope it rocks. If it does, I will be getting one of
these babies in the next month or two (wait for test results and for the prices
to drop somewhat).



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