Cirruslvr, there's a couple things wrong with your Intel roadmap:
300MHz Pentium MMX - Q1 '99 -- never heard of this one. However, Intel is supposed to come out with "PGA socket" versions of the Celeron A's around the beginning of the year. These will probably be 300, 333 and 366 MHz.
233+ Celeron (on chip L2 cache, 128KB?)- Q1? '99 -- this is probably referring to the 366 MHz Celeron A above. They are probably debating within Intel whether to bring out a 366 MHz Celeron A immediately, in the Slot 1 cartridge, before the Socket 370 PGA package and chipset is ready.
IMO, Intel is also debating whether to make Celeron A, Socket 370 chips at the 400, 450 and possibly 500 speed grades. Until now, "Celeron" has been synonomous with "66 MHz bus," and with "low cost." Clearly a 450 MHz bus Celeron A would outperform a 450 MHz Pentium II. It would also be cheaper to make in Socket 370 package than is a Pentium II. So, why should Intel continue to make Slot 1 processors?? For desktops, Socket 370 is better or equal performance and cheaper to make; for servers, Slot 2 is better than Slot 1.
Probably the only reason they will continue with the Pentium II line is to give time for the motherboard industry and box makers to change over to Socket 370.
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