Mail Archives: pgcc/1999/07/03/20:32:46
Eugene Leitl wrote:
> David Jonsson writes:
>
> > Expect 10-50% more than PIII. Look at www.amd.se
>
> Well, K7 550 MHz 109% SPECint_base95 and 146% SPECfp_base95 if
> compared to a 550 MHz Pentium III.
>
> http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/benchmarks.html
>
> Also, Babelfish on http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/ciw-02.07.99-000/
>
> Intel undercuts AMDs price
>
> In view of the forthcoming launching of a
> vessel of AMDs flagship K7 " Athlon "
> accesses Intel to the extreme one: For the first
> time the processor giant undercuts the price of
> the directly comparable competition product
> of competitor AMD. The Pentium III with 600
> mc/s, which Intel wants to throw two weeks
> before the AMD Premierenfeier in running,
> will be clearly cheaper after c't information
> than the fire-new 600-MHz-Athlon. Its price
> determined AMD to 699 US Dollar, while
> Intel had advised a OEM price of 823 US
> Dollar (with acceptance of 1000 pieces) until
> recently for the 600-MHz-P III. Still before
> start of sales of the Athlon Intel thereby
> seems to recognize its advance in
> performance. An outline of the bench mark
> results published so far brings c't in output
> 14/99 (starting from Monday at the kiosk).
>
> Whether AMD can be pleased about this
> respect proof of the powerful competitor, is
> however questionable. The processor
> prozessorschmiede fights with high losses, all
> hopes rests with AMD on good business with
> the Athlon.
>
> Additionally Intel wants to bring the
> 500-MHz-Celeron, which was announced for
> Septembers originally, to at the end of of July
> -- simultaneous with the new Pentium III --
> on the market. Natural it is to be expected that
> with appearance of the new processors also all
> prices of the slower PCU TYPES are
> downward adapted. (ciw/ c't)
Well, let's hope the giant Intel doesn't kill AMD like AMD and Intel killed
Cyrix. AMD already lost 200 K.
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