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To: kash johal who wrote (40134)	10/26/1998 1:55:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) of 1574091

Re: "Dixon die size vs Sharptooth" Dixon is and WILL BE (because it doesn't exist yet) a mobile chip. If Intel creates a desktop Dixon, it will coin a new name for it. The fact that there is no such name is pretty good indication that Intel won't have a 256k L2-cached competitor to K6-3 on the desktop until AFTER KNI has debuted. The question is, why? Two reasons: 1) Intel is satisfied that PII will compete just fine against K6-3, for a while at least. Intel is satisfied that PII will have at least a 50 MHz advantage over K6-3 at any given time. 2) Dixon is too expensive for Intel to manufacture for the desktop right now. Intel expects this to change by mid-1999. Only the higher margins on mobile units make 256k on chip cache worthwhile right now for Intel. While I'm sure Intel could make a profit selling Dixon cores for the desktop, it won't because until its costs of production come down, Intel's margins selling Deschutes-core PIIs are better. Kevin

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