Jim, Re: "Cyrix is nothing new to E-machines. The used them on the start up..."
Yes, I understand that, as I'm sure does Craig Freeman who posted a link which showed the e-machine start-up systems.
"This isn't necessarily good news as E-machines likes to
pick up chips cheap. "
Cyrix sells them cheap. Since I have no reason to believe Cyrix sells the chips at other than the intended price points to date, and through Gilders Tech. Report I am given to understand that NSM is realizing greater margins since it parted from IBM and ramped-up in-house production, I suspect that more business is good.
Do I have the following right?- you are explaining that using socket 370 requires the BX chipset and you don't think that supports off chip cache.
Jalapeno is to have on-chip cache by fourth Q '99, and even though the Oct. press on Jalapeno doesn't say "fiscal" Q., maybe as everyone here accepts so far as I know, that's what they mean. The photo we've seen indicating socket 370 use also says, next to "CPU BRAND"- JP-2. Jalapeno with on-chip cache as planned, no?
Perhaps the rumored deal is for DELL sales through IBM assistance. hehehe:-) |
