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Feb 02, 1997 Meet The Next Intel Chip: Deschutes
(2/1/97; 2:50 p.m. EST)
By Bob Francis, InformationWeek
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Even as it prepares to launch its next big microprocessor family, code-named Klamath, in May, some Intel officials will be talking shortly about yet another family of high-speed chips, code-named Deschutes. Intel is expected to unveil some details of the new chip at an IEEE engineering conference put on by the group the week of Feb.3.
The new Deschutes chips won't be generally available until early 1998, but they will clock in at 300-MHz, according to PC manufacturers who have seen samples of the chip. The Deschutes chips will be running at low-voltages to help solve heat problems that have plagued Intel's chip family since the debut of the Pentium chip two yeas ago. Deschutes is expected to be introduced late in 1997 or early 1998.
The Deschutes microprocessor will also be positioned for the server market, an area the Klamath won't be suitable for, analysts said.
"The Klamath is designed for desktops because they've removed the Level 2 cache from the chip," said Martin Reynolds, an analyst with the Dataquest consulting firm in San Jose, Calif. Deschutes won't have the Level 2 cache on board either, but it will be designed for four-processor and higher servers, sources said.
The upcoming Klamath chip will likely be priced at about the cost of current high end Pentium Pro microprocessors, while running at higher speeds, said Linley Gwennap, editor of the Microprocessor Report. The 233-MHz version of the Klamath will likely be priced at around $700, while the 266-MHz version will be $800, Gwennap said. That means systems using the microprocessors will start around $3,000.
The Klamath includes technology that will allow it to run 16-bit applications faster than current Pentium microprocessors, a key criticism of current Pentium Pro microprocessors. However, without the onboard cache of the Pentium Pro, the higher speed Klamath's may be slower than some current Pentium Pro microprocessors, several PC sources said.
Among the vendors expected to ship systems with Klamath are Gateway 2000 Inc., Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Digital Equipment and Compaq. |
