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To: Petz who wrote (34501)	7/14/1998 7:40:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) of 1574004

John, RE:"1. the initial Slot 1 version is only a halfway step to Intel lowering costs -- sure, they save building the SRAM's and soldering them on the Slot 1 PCB (maybe $20), but then it costs $10 more because of bigger die size, and they still don't get rid of the Slot 1 costs of $17 to $18. The Slot1 Mendocino will disappear as soon as the PGA version is available" Yep, when they put the 128k L2 cache in the die not without the cost of using up that .25 wafer space. I suppose that the SRAMs they have been using on the Pentium IIs is made on some older process? Remember that the socket 470 Mendocino (really 371 pins) won't be seen until the 1st qtr 99. So it looks like the Celeron series continues to be an act of desperation that they keep trying to make cheaper and cheaper. Like trying to cover an elephant with an umbrella. RE:"2. the AMD "Sharptooth" will have twice the L2 cache of the Mendocino, higher clock speed off the bat, core CPU improvements speeding it up, no $17-$18 Slot 1 costs, smaller diesize than Mendocino and be available the next month. " Sharptooth? Are they naming the K6-3 after Paul Engel? <VBG> Exactly, what are these cpu core improvements? Also, wasn't aware that the K6-3 would be available next month... Jim the 1st quarter

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