Petz - Re: " If you have any URL's for Deschutes or inside information, please post them. Many thanx."
Here's a start for your Deschutes "education". I'll provide some more in the not too distant future.
Paul
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August 15, 1997 1:00 PM ET
Intel Pentium II chip moves
ahead
By Lisa DiCarlo, PC Week Online
The Pentium II is barely three months old, but Intel Corp.
is predicting a long life for the processor in servers,
desktops and notebooks.
Intel this week offered a rare sneak peek at its plans for
Deschutes, the code-name for a line of Pentium II
processors built on an 0.25 micron process.
The kickoff begins early next year when Intel releases a
333MHz Pentium II for desktops. In the first half of the
year, Intel will release a 350MHz or 400MHz version of
the Pentium II that supports a 100MHz system bus as
well as today's 66MHz bus, sources said.
The faster bus is critical to system performance. Today,
bottlenecks occur when a cutting edge processor is
communicating with components over the slow 66MHz
bus.
The chip will be housed in the Slot 1 cartridge and will
be geared toward mainstream desktops, entry-level
servers and workstations.
In mid-1998, Intel will introduce Pentium II processors
that plug into a so-called Slot 2 for servers. Slot 2 does
not replace Slot 1; rather, Slot 2 is larger to
accommodate a larger Level 2 cache that runs at the
core clock speed of the processor.
All Slot 2 configurations will support a 100MHz system
bus next year, and servers based on it will scale to a
minimum of four processors, officials said.
Lastly, Intel will introduce Pentium II processors for
portables around mid-year. The processors will be
available in either a modified cartridge design (similar
to slots but significantly smaller) or the Mobile Module.
This is to accommodate both thick and thin notebooks.
The processors will be Intel's first portable-specific
parts with integrated Level 2 cache. |
