JC heeft wat info over de prijzen van de AMD K7. Er gaan wat geruchten die zeggen dat de K7 op een prijs van 2000 dollar geïntroduceerd zal gaan worden, en da's uiteraard een beetje errug veel:
If there is a $2,000 K7 product, it will not be the 5xxMHz 512K 1/3x L2 version. I don't expect that version to be more expensive than $1,000, though I do expect it to be higher priced than the Pentium III at like clock. There is some exceptions that I can list: If the K7 performs optimally, as well as on paper and according to unfounded rumours (with K7-500 == P3-750), then AMD will be able to charge $2k, even for the 500MHz version. Otherwise (welcome to reality, where K7-500 == P3-700 only for specialized applications but K7 otherwise is only a couple clock bins higher in performance in most things), if the $2k rumour is true, it is referring to the "higher end" versions of the K7 (I use quotes because no matter which configuration the K7 is given, it will be a high end part). If there is no P3-600 this Summer but the K7's highest yield sees that clock, then such a K7 is permitted to be sold at so high a price. More likely is the possibility that AMD will sell a higher MHz L2 version of the K7 (if you recall, changing the MHz of off-die L2 barely affects performance in typical user areas, but can add droves of specish high-end server/workstation crunching power). So, a $2k K7 would be, let's guess, a 550MHz part with 550MHz external L2 cache (not sure whether it'd be 512K or 1MB, AMD has been more aggressive on pricing lately so this $2000 part may still be 512K).
Zie JC's News'n'Links Page voor meer info.
