Barry - Re: "Does anyone have a reference to the CRN article with the Intel roadmap"
Here are two that I have - one old and one new. They don't say much about pricing, however.
Paul
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techweb.com
Intel Demos Chips For Sub-$1,000 PC
Assault
(02/17/98; 7:37 p.m. EST)
By Kelly Spang, Computer Reseller News
Proclaiming the sub-$1,000 PC market a major
thrust, Intel CEO Andy Grove gave hardware
developers the first glimpse of the company's
low-end Pentium II.
Speaking at the Intel Developers Forum in San
Jose, Calif., Grove demonstrated the Covington
processor running a 3-D adventure game.
Covington is the code name for a Pentium II
266-MHz processor without any level 2 cache.
Intel is moving full steam ahead to address the
sub-$1,000 PC market, which Grove termed as
a "major thrust for Intel over the course of the
last year."
Highlighting the chip maker's stepped up
commitment to the low end of the market, Grove
said, "This basic [PC] segment is now serviced
and supplied by the work of 650 engineers as
compared to no one a year ago." He said by
midyear, Covington processors will be in
systems priced between $700 and $1,000. Intel
sources expect the processor to be introduced
in April.
At the other end of the spectrum, Intel officials
demonstrated a 3-D rendering program running
on a dual Pentium II Slot 2 system. The Slot 2 is
expected to be available in systems in June,
according to Intel sources.
The Slot 2 Pentium for high-end servers and
workstations will be larger than Slot 1 and offer
VARs two times the system bandwidth, said
Grove.
Grove said both the Covington class
processors and the Slot 2 family of Pentium IIs
will each carry their own brand names. Intel has
yet to determine those specific brand names.
On the mobile side, Grove described a version
of the Pentium II with the same frequency and
performance as the desktop version of the
Pentium II Slot 1, but modified to consume 50
percent less power. The size and weight of the
mobile module will be between one-fifth to one
sixth less than the desktop Slot 1, while
maintaining Slot 1 electrical characteristics.
The mobile version of the Pentium II will be
introduced in April, Grove said.
Wednesday, Albert Yu, senior vice president
and general manager of microprocessors for
Intel, will give a more detailed roadmap on
Intel's processor rollout plans.
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techweb.com
Intel To Rev Pentium II Speeds
(11/14/97; 9:10 a.m. EST)
By Kelly Spang, Computer Reseller News
By the third quarter 1998, Pentium II speeds will reach 450 MHz
while the Pentium Pro and Pentium with MMX processors will
fade away, sources said.
From the start of the new year, Intel will continue to push the
speeds of its Pentium II processors for Slot 1 and will introduce its
Slot 2 processors by the third quarter.
The Slot 2 Pentium II processors speeds will start at 400 MHz in
the third quarter and move up to 450 MHz by the fourth quarter,
according to industry sources. The Slot 2 processor will be based
on a 100-MHz system bus with the NX chip set. Workstation
system prices based on the 400-MHz Slot 2 Pentium II to reach or
exceed $12,000, sources said.
In comparison, a workstation based on the 400-MHz Slot 1
Pentium II processor, slated for introduction in the second quarter
1998, is expected to cost $9,000 to $12,000, sources said.
A 350-MHz Slot 1 Pentium II processors is also expected to be
introduced in the second quarter. For the first quarter, Intel will
unveil its 333-MHz Slot 1 Pentium II processor running on the
66-MHz system bus.
For the desktop, systems based on the 400-MHz Slot 1 Pentium II
with the BX chip set are expected to range in price around
$3,500, sources said.
"Intel is beginning the transition period to Slot 2 to target
workstations," sources said. Once Slot 2 is in the market, a large
price difference between Slot 2 and Slot 1 processors should help
VARs differentiate products, the source said.
Intel officials declined comment on pricing and product delivery
schedule. However, they confirmed that these processors would
appear throughout 1998.
Slot 1 will continue as the form factor for desktop systems and
entry-level workstations, offering support for up to
dual-processors, according to Intel's roadmap. System bus speed
is either 66 MHz with the LX chip set or 100 MHz with the BX chip
set.
The BX chip set is expected to be announced in the second
quarter 1998.
Slot 2 is targeted to high-end servers and workstations and will
support the 100-MHz system bus from the processor rollout. Slot 2
supports multiprocessing and a larger L2 cache size, according to
Intel's road map.
By the second half of 1998, the 400-MHz Slot 2 Pentium II
processors will incorporate 1 megabyte of cache, sources said.
An additional difference between Slot 1 and Slot 2 is the Slot 2
enables the cache to run at full processor speeds while Slot 1
allows cache to run at half the processor clock speed. For
example, with a 300-MHz Pentium II Slot 1, the L2 cache bus runs
at 150 MHz, while with a 400-MHz Pentium II Slot 2, the L2 cache
bus will run at 400 MHz.
Into 1998, Intel, in Santa Clara, Calif., will drop several
processors off its road map both for Pentium II and for older class
processors.
By the first quarter of 1998, the Pentium Pro 200 MHz with 256
kilobytes of Level 2 cache is no longer on Intel's road map. By the
end of the first quarter, the Pentium with MMX 166 MHz drops off
the road map as well.
The Pentium II 266-MHz Slot 1 processors drops off the road
map in the fourth quarter, a quarter after a version without any L2
cache is introduced. The Pentium II 233 MHz is not on the Intel
road map after the first half of the year, sources said.
By the second half of 1998, the Pentium 200 and 233 MHz with
MMX technology are not on the road map as well as the Pentium
Pro 200 with 512 KB of cache. |
