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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.