Some interesting extracts regarding "shortages" from this news item are below.

Intel, AMD battle for chip speed crown By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 28, 2000, 6:05 a.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2371409.html

The Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant has been saddled with a processor shortage since last October when it released a new version of the Pentium III. High demand, coupled with manufacturing difficulties, has made Pentium IIIs, especially the fastest versions, tough to find.

One computer dealer, for instance, noted that it was nearly impossible to get any Pentium IIIs running at above 750 MHz. Now, 933-MHz Pentium IIIs can be found, but back orders still exist, and the 1-GHz Pentium III remains invisible.

An Intel spokesman earlier stated that the 1.13-GHz chip will initially show up only in limited quantities when it arrives July 31. However, he added that 1-GHz Pentium III supplies will increase in the third quarter.

By contrast, AMD has fared better in terms of supplying the market this year. The company was partially affected by shortages of motherboards and chipsets for Athlon in the second quarter, but the situation has faded, according to Ben Anixter, vice president for external affairs at AMD.

"Infrastructure will not be a limiting factor going forward," he told an audience at the Robertson Stephens semiconductor conference in San Francisco.

-- K (infosurf@yahoo.com), July 28, 2000