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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (26387)12/3/1997 8:59:00 PM
From: Buckwheat  Read Replies (1) of 1585817
 
Pravin,, Really would like to hear more about this $$$$-less 266 CPU that Intel proposes to release 3rd quarter. I ask the question in an earlier post, if not some of Jerry had not rubbed off on Intel because of a decision to add another process (cost) to 233 Mhz MMXs that would limit them to either 166 or 200 Mhz processors; but this is icing on the cake. Let's review: Intel says... a new proprietary Slot 1 motherboard is in and socket 7 is out (double the cost of the motherboard piece); L2 cache built onto the slot card is in and motherboard attached L2 is out (no competition and cost savings here). Now we appear to be worried about the cost of L2 cache to the point of considering eliminating it. Maybe they're considering using a new type memory that is so great that L2 will be gone forever. Wasn't EDO memory supposed to do the same thing about 18 months ago? Hope no one on this thread bought one of those EDO wonders. Don't most notebook computers have L2 cache now also? I really would like to hear more about this. Is it not possible that someone completely misread the market for mainstream computers? Sounds to me like someone is trying to push a watered down version of the latest and greatest on a market that "didn't exist" 7 or 8 months ago. I can't wait to see some benchmarks on these $$$$-less wonders. Sounds to me like there might be some more wet legs around and someone other than Jerry zipping their pants up and pointing to the clouds

Buckwheat
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