The Register heeft een newsposting met info afkomstig van JC over de release date van de AMD K7. Volgens Kazuo Sakai, president van AMD japan, zal de K7 gelanceerd worden op een clock speed van 550MHz. De K7 zal een serieuze concurrent worden voor Intel in het high-end segment:
According to Sakai, the introduction of the 550MHz K7 will precipitate a gladiatoral battle between AMD and Chipzilla.According to the report, Intel introduced the Celeron because they faced a threat from AMD. Although the fight was tough for AMD, the intro of the K7 will push Intel's pricing on the midrange to the limit.
As reported here at the launch of the K6, AMD believes that Intel's manufacturing model means they have to capitalise on large margins at the midrange and high end.
