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To: Adrian Wu who wrote (32080)	4/22/1998 12:35:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 1583379

Adrian, please ignore this provocateur John Y.Wang. However, the question is not so simple. Since Intel has likely dropped any Socket7 support with introduction of the Celetron, the real question is whether VIA, ALi and SiS are ready to supply enough 100MHz chipsets to maintain the Socket7 at 20-30M sets per year. The Socket7 boards are obviously cheaper to make: Slot1 needs a huge 2M EPROM to hold some "microcode patches" to work around numerous Pentium-II bugs in contrast to 1M EPROM BIOS for S7 boards; Slot1 also needs an additional secondary power source to provide the 1.5V reference for GTL+ signals. The Intel South bridge is also underdeveloped: the PS/2 mouse port, keyboard, floppy, etc, require typically 4 more chips to solder. In ALi chipset, all this is handled by a single chip. The caveat here might be that Intel may give his BX for about free. Having $11B in cash, they can afford this for a while. Intel's policy for subsidizing his low-end products and bribing OEMs is the problem. Regards, Ali

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