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To: Dan3 who wrote (88678)10/1/2002 11:40:41 AM
From: herb will of 272368
 
Dan, "3 hours & 1 minute" With the stock in a swan dive today I wonder what AMD will demonstrate in 3 hours & 1 minute, a belly flop?

Herb

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To: h0db who wrote (88666)10/1/2002 11:47:28 AM
From: Jim McMannis of 272368
 
RE:"The 2800+ and nForce2 look like a killer combination."

The Nforce2 chipset really stands out. Maybe this second iteration is the second coming for Nvidia and AMD. I'm sure VIA is not happy about Nforce2.

Jim

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To: Mani1 who started this subject10/1/2002 12:14:34 PM
From: bacchus_ii of 272368
 
AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+ Will Boost Performance For Gamers And PC Enthusiasts

— New Faster Front-side Bus Will Enable AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+ to Pack Powerful Performance Punch on Real-World Applications —

SUNNYVALE, CA -- October 01, 2002 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced Fall availability of the world’s highest performing PC processor, the AMD Athlon™ XP processor 2800+ featuring an advanced 333 front-side bus (FSB). With data throughput gains of up to 25 percent, the AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ will boost performance across the board on real-world applications. AMD also announced Fall availability of the AMD Athlon XP processor 2700+ with the advanced 333 FSB.

Limited edition desktop systems featuring the AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ targeted at PC enthusiasts and gamers are expected to be available in late November exclusively from premier enthusiast PC manufacturers ABS, Alienware, Falcon Northwest, MicronPC and Voodoo PC. “Digital entertainment, particularly gaming, is driving the need for innovative technology to enhance the overall computing experience for today’s PC users,” said Ed Ellett, AMD vice president of Client Business. “The AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ with its advanced 333 FSB is the ultimate processor for PC customers who demand the highest levels of performance.”

“With Unreal Tournament 2003, we've raised the bar and delivered a game that allows PC users to turn up the detail high enough to challenge the most powerful personal computer systems available,” said Mark Rein, vice president, Epic Games Inc. “The AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ is totally up to the challenge. It will deliver the kind of awesome performance demanded by most serious gamers.”

AMD partners with industry-leading graphics solutions and chipset developers to help ensure that platforms based on AMD Athlon XP processors provide customers with world-class system performance. The AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ combined with such innovations as AGP 8X and PC3200 DDR SDRAM will deliver exceptional software performance. “Our nForce2 platform processors were designed to support AMD's faster 333 FSB, and we are truly amazed with the performance of the new AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+,” said Drew Henry, general manager of platform business at NVIDIA. “nForce2-based systems and motherboards featuring NVIDIA and AMD processors will offer consumers the perfect blend of price and performance, and deliver a platform primed to take advantage of today's popular digital media and business applications.”

“The VIA Apollo KT400 chipset is engineered to take full advantage of the new AMD Athlon XP processors 2700+ and 2800+ with the advanced 333 FSB, delivering the maximum 2.7GB/s of memory bandwidth to the processor,” said Richard Brown, director of marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “As the only Socket A chipset with AGP 8X currently available in the marketplace, the KT400 will be the chipset platform of choice for gamers and enthusiasts looking to upgrade to the new advanced 333 FSB enabled processors.”

Availability
Limited edition desktop systems featuring the AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ are expected to be available in late November exclusively from premier enthusiast PC manufacturers ABS, Alienware, Falcon NW, MicronPC and Voodoo PC.

AMD has begun shipping samples of the AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ to computer manufacturers for system availability expected in late November.

Pricing
The AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ will be priced at $397 and $349, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. For pricing on other AMD processors, please visit: amd.com 

About the AMD Athlon™ XP Processor
The AMD Athlon XP processor features QuantiSpeed™ architecture, 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!™ Professional instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced 266 or 333 front-side bus (FSB). AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.13 micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.

About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).

AMD on the Web
For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html.

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow!, and combinations thereof, and QuantiSpeed are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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To: kapkan4u who wrote (88672)10/1/2002 12:19:23 PM
From: richanfamus of 272368
 
" It helps NVIDIA recover nforce2 sales after a 2-quarter slip."

Now isn't this so SWEET of AMD !!
Simply Wonderful !!

AMD is so concerned about NVidia and Nvidia shareholders that AMD delays its own product introductions and drives its own stock down to $5.00 - with never a thought for its own shareholders.
Looks like nothing has changed at AMD.

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To: herb will who wrote (88684)10/1/2002 12:23:36 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar of 272368
 
Can someone listening to the webcast let the thread know what it is about? Any new info?

Thanks,
Pravin.

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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (88688)10/1/2002 12:34:20 PM
From: jjayxxxx of 272368
 
Basically it is just a PR for the 2700/2800 announcement. They had 7 guys involved, only 2 of which were AMD guys. The others were:

Scott Sharp, Indy Racing League
Drew Henry, NVIDIA
Roger Kay, IDC
Timothy Chen, VIA
Mark Rein, Epic Games

Supposedly they are announcing now to prepare folks for the Christmas season. Seems a little odd to me, but that's what they said.

The first two Q&A questions were essentially the same: what's up with this 'announcement' -- where is the volume?

Didn't really get answered.

Nothing really of any substance, just a PR webcast IMO. EDIT: Not to say it is a bad thing, just nothing to write home about...

JJ

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To: jjayxxxx who wrote (88689)10/1/2002 12:41:32 PM
From: Gopher Broke of 272368
 
There has also been a lot of discussion of TPI. There was a skeptical analyst asking about the real megahertz of the 2800+ but Mark Rein of Epic games tore him down a peg with a strong argument that AMD's model numbers are a realistic measure of performance.

Apparently AMD are in "phase 2" of the TPI, which is to identify and promote real-world third-party benchmarks that users can access online.

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To: jjayxxxx who wrote (88689)10/1/2002 12:45:09 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar of 272368
 
JJ, Thanks. EOM.

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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (88690)10/1/2002 1:12:07 PM
From: richanfamus of 272368
 
AMD has taken the first step to protect themselves from the phony Quantihurtz model numbers - they fired Arthur Andersen - to give them a cop-out - and blame AA for their misrepresentative model numbers.

AMD dumps Andersen as test auditor

"Is there going to be a restatement of AMD's benchmarks?," joked one source in the chip industry.

By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
October 1, 2002, 4:54 AM PT
news.com.com 

Advanced Micro Devices has chosen PricewaterhouseCoopers to replace Arthur Andersen, the accounting conglomerate behind the Enron debacle, to audit its benchmark tests.
Since last fall, Andersen has validated benchmark tests performed by AMD as part of the chipmaker's "True Performance Initiative," an effort to get consumers to look at overall performance, rather than megahertz, when buying PCs.

AMD's Athlon chip runs at a lower speed than Intel's Pentium 4. Analysts and others, however, have pointed out that the chips are much closer in performance than the megahertz figure, which measures how fast the chips issue instructions. To this end, AMD has conducted, and publicized, benchmarks showing that its chips equal, or outperform, Intel's best on running graphics applications, spreadsheets, games and other commonly used applications.

Independent validation was undertaken to show that the benchmark tests were objective--a common concern in the industry. AMD, for example, said earlier this year that benchmarks from BapCo were altered to favor Intel.

Andersen has largely been dissolved because of a series of accounting scandals.

An AMD representative stated that the switch occurred in August, but did not state a reason why. Though AMD will likely not suffer from the switch, it has inspired a few jokes.

"Is there going to be a restatement of AMD's benchmarks?," joked one source in the chip industry.

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To: Dan3 who wrote (88679)10/1/2002 1:16:37 PM
From: richanfamus of 272368
 
Think we'll get a 3X crossunder today, Dan3?

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