Speaking of myopic and anachronistic thinking, have you stopped to consider that a low-end workstation, let's call it an network computer, will require substantial visualization power? If so, where does the K6 fit in given the dismal floating point performance and a complete lack of an AGP solution versus the many solutions Intel will offer this year?
Let me help you: the Pentium II catridge will combine all of the core visualization, onboard, using Intel's own 3D graphics solutions. We have clear evidence that people will pay extra for MMX and Intel is about to extend the value of Pentium by incorporating 3D graphics and multimedia in general. That is what the Pentium II is all about.
That is what will run on the 20 NCs, a cheaper solution, not a cheap but cheezy and floating-point-challenged, graphically-inept, K6. The chances of them shipping in even moderate volume are slim anyway. On the server side, Pentium Pro, and its derivations, using the SMP architecture owned by Intel and the onboard L2 cache.
No matter how you slice it, it keeps coming up Intel. |
