Kevin - Re: "Please find me some software that will run on a PIII and not on a K6 (or a PII for that matter). I am intensely curious."
If you are really curious, mark February 17 on your calendar !
Or, as Drbrsebs likes to say: STAY TUNED
Paul
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First Katmai-optimized apps coming Feb. 17
By Terho Uimonen
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 10:45 AM PT, Jan 20, 1999
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Software vendors in February will take the wraps off the first applications optimized for the Katmai New Instructions featured in Intel's forthcoming Pentium III processors, a senior Intel executive said here Wednesday.
The software introduction will take place at a Feb. 17 conference held in Santa Clara, Calif., prior to the official launch of Pentium III, said John Davies, Intel's vice president and general manager of the chip giant's Asia-Pacific operations. The Katmai-optimized applications are designed to take advantage of the 70 new instructions featured in the Pentium III processors for speeding up 3-D graphics, audio, video, and other functions.
"It is a fabulous product," said Davies, referring to the Pentium III, formerly code-named Katmai. "And you will see
more new applications than ever for a new processor generation."
Crucial to creating user demand for the Pentium III, the new applications are the result of the biggest software push Intel has ever orchestrated for a new processor generation. As early as October last year, Intel had already shipped about 500 Katmai systems to hundreds of independent software vendors.
The first versions of the Pentium III chips will run at 450 MHz and 500 MHz when they start shipping in late February and early March, but Intel is expected to crank up the clock-speed to 600 MHz and faster by the end of the year.
Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif., can be reached at www.intel.com.
Terho Uimonen TerhoUimonen is a correspondent in the Taipei Bureau of the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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