Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[jhalada]

Keith,

I still see many people complaining about a "castrated" A64, and how AMD should make a Duron64, that my attempts last year were probably for nought anyway.

Not exactly. The situation changed. Last year, I would have been complaining about a "castrated" A64, and would have been suggesting Duron64 instead. But that was before Intel announcement. Now, I don't have any objections.

As far as timing of the appearance of Paris / Dublin, I see 2 things:
- good - AMD is seeding the market with these parts, so that the market can quickly absorb the conversion from K7 to K8
- bad - AMD is has already satisfied all the demand for high ASP AMD processors

Joe