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Intel's Consumer Klamath Plans May Skip 233 MHz In '97
(02/07/97; 11:28 a.m. EST)
By Mark Harrington, Computer Retail Week
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel's decision to push back consumer marketing of its forthcoming Klamath chip until the second half of 1997 comes with a twist; it will only market a 266-megahertz version of Klamath for consumer-based systems this year.
Intel is scheduled in its second quarter, which begins May 1, to begin shipping two basic Klamath processors, in 233-MHz and 266-MHz clock speeds. Both, with cache levels that vary from 256 kilobytes to 512 KBs with error-correction code, will ship mainly to corporate customers in the first half of this year.
Meanwhile, Intel is scheduled to introduce a 233-MHz version of its Pentium MMX (multimedia extensions) processor in June, a move that will let the company position the 266-MHz Klamath processor as a true step up from standard MMX Pentiums, which are already available in Pentium 166-MHz and 200-MHz iterations. The decision may be more than smart marketing, though.
Although Intel has declined to discuss its roadmap, a source suggested the decision to keep the 233-MHz Klamath out of the consumer retail channel has as much to do with presenting a clear marketing story as perhaps with lower-than-expected production yields on Klamath.
Klamath chips combine MMX with Intel's latest Pentium Pro processor technology, as well as cache.
Separately, the sources said a 300-MHz Klamath processor set for demonstration by Intel today will be available in the first quarter of next year. Aside from the obvious speed improvements, the chip is expected to boast second-level MMX technology, which is expected to boost current MMX's 3-D graphics rendering capabilities. Pricing hasn't been set.
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This reminds me of 1993. Everyone was talking about the M1, and the K whatever? The press just went on and on about how Intel was fighting for it's life on the next generation chip's.
Then without allot of pre-fanfare Intel indroduced the Pentium.
Well we all know what happened then!!
Once again while the press was focusing on the M2, and K6, Intel's brilliant engineering teams just kept working on the Klamath. The only difference now is Intel has added about another 50 billion dollars to their net worth!
Oh yes!! let the games begin indeed!
Michael |
