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To: Ex-INTCfan who wrote (58211)8/14/1998 8:23:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) of 176387
 
<--OT---> Intel to ship 500 MHz Pentium II by Q4

Have you seen this???

New package for Pentium II

By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM

August 14, 1998, 4:00 a.m. PT

Starting in the fourth quarter, Intel will begin to deliver the Pentium II processor in a new package that will allow it to push chip speeds to 500 MHz and beyond.

The plastic Pentium II cartridge--slightly smaller than a cassette tape case--used inside computers today will become smaller with the new design, according to an Intel spokesman. Most of the changes, however, are not cosmetic but substantive internal modifications that affect the chip's performance.

The company is changing packaging materials, as well as altering how and where the different microcomponents surrounding the Pentium II attach to each other. In the end, the chip will still be based around the "Slot 1" design of Pentium II chips today, but it will be more efficient because it will increase the flow of electricity to the process...

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