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Hello All,

The following is text from a discussion that took place between myself

and David Frink, AMD Marketing Director, about the merits of the new 
AMD 5x86/133 processer scheduled for release in the very near future.
This discussion took place over the course of a week via Internet
email.

This document is as the orginal discussion took place. Only minor
spelling 
errors have been corrected and the text rearranged to represent the
true 
chronological order of the discussion.

I feel that AMD is trying to pull a fast one on the public by calling
what 
is essenstially an enhanced 486 cpu, a 586 cpu. As a computer
professional
and a consumer, I feel it is my duty to keep the public informed about
what
appears to be a scam.

Read for yourselves what AMD's own Marketing Director has to say about
their
newest product and you decide.

Sincerely,
William F. "Bill" Gray III
Owner, GrayMatter Software

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Subject: Re: RE(2): AM5X86 Processoer
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1994 15:51:05 -0800
From: Bill Gray <lordgray@earthlink.net>
Organization: GrayMatter Software
To: David.Frink@amd.com
References:
<WIN-951206151541-1456*/G=David/S=Frink/O=TXMTA1/PRMD=AMD/ADMD=ATTMAIL/C=US@MHS>

> ----------
> Hi David,
>
> I don't mean to be glib, but what's the big deal about a 133Mhz
> AM5X86 processor out performing a Intel P5/75Mhz processor?
> At 133Mhz I would expect it to out perform a 75Mhz hands down.
> But the numbers show on AMD's own comparisions only so a slight edge
> over the P5/75!
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Gray
>------------
> David.Frink@amd.com wrote:
>
> Clock speed differences aside, you will remember that even an enhanced
> 486 with a 16K cache remains a 1.1 million transistor architecture, while
> the Pentium is an advanced 3.3-million transistor device.
>-------------
> Hi David,
>
> Then why call it a 586, if it's really an enhanced 486?
>
> That doesn't seem like truth in advertising to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Gray
>--------------
David.Frink@amd.com wrote:
>
> Re your question about calling our latest PC processor a 5x86: The only
> thing that matters is delivered performance. The 5x86 device in a standard
> system configuration delivers better than Pentium 75 performance. If it
> walks like a duck and it looks like a duck, it is a duck.  5-class is
> 5-class, no matter what the architecture may be.  By the way, the most
> respected microprocessor industry analyst, Michael Slater, agrees with
> us on the delivered performance argument.
> Dave Frink
> ------------

Hi David,

You guys can call it what you want. This discussion is getting stale.

I'm sure AMD will sell plenty of them. And that's what really counts
isn't
it?

I personally would not buy one. Because I have more than enough
technical
knowledge to know that a 486 is still a 486 regardless of
enhancements.

And by the way, how much was Michael paid for his most respected
opinion?

Also you and I both know that much of the buying public is ignorant on
such things as differences in cpu design. So my educated guess is that
a lot of people will buy the AMD 5x86/133 expecting to get 133 Mhz
Pentium class performance which your processer will not deliver.

I hope that AMD plays this one very carefully because the potential
backlash could prove very difficult to deal with.

Sincerely,
William F. "Bill" Gray III
Owner, GrayMatter Software