here's what will happen Monday as Nevyn said earlier this week, I think it's already price, let's get this behind.
Intel To Unleash Latest Weapons
-- Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:46 EST
Apr. 23, 1999 (Computer Reseller News - CMP via COMTEX) -- Santa
Clara, Calif.-Intel Corp. is slated today to launch its latest weapons
in the low-price PC market, a cost-conscious integrated chipset and a
faster Celeron processor.
Intel, Santa Clara, is introducing the 810 chipset, formerly
code-named Whitney, at the same time as the 466MHz Celeron processor,
but systems with the 810 chipset will not hit the market until June.
Systems with the faster Celeron processor became available over the
weekend.
The 810 reduces system costs by integrating graphics capabilities
onto the chipset, thus eliminating the need for a separate graphics
card. Also, the 810 enables soft DVD and audio functions through
software, further reducing the need for separate cards.
Ron Peck, director of value PC marketing at Intel, said the chipset
could allow system vendors to offer PCs in the $600 to $1,000 range.
The recent trend of integrated chipsets is one in which cost is more
key than performance, said Peter Glaskowsky, senior analyst at
MicroDesign Resources, Sebastopol, Calif.
Doug Scherer, president of The Logical Choice Inc., a system builder
in College Park, Md., said he is opposed to integrated products, which
he said are geared more toward the consumer rather than the corporate
market.
"It's all built in so there's no upgrade path," he said. "You end up
having to buy new computers instead of buying new video cards."
The 810 is designed to work with the Celeron chip but will support
both 66MHz and 100MHz front-side bus speeds. Intel has not decided or
disclosed when Celeron will move from a 66MHz to a 100MHz front-side
bus but is giving its OEMs a platform to adopt the faster speed grade
when Intel deploys it, Peck said.
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By: Marcia Savage
Copyright 1999 CMP Media Inc.
Intel To Give Peek At Whitney Chip Set
-- Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:09 EST
Apr. 23, 1999 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- Intel
today will formally introduce its 810 chip set, which integrates a
graphics accelerator with core-logic components. Code-named Whitney,
the rollout is paired with a faster, 466-MHz Celeron processor, and the
company sees the two as providing a unified graphics foundation for
low-cost PCs. Intel also will unveil a discrete graphics chip, the 752,
aimed at the mainstream PC market.
Intel rolls out 466-MHz Celeron
-- Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:58 EST
Apr. 23, 1999 (Electronic Buyers News - CMP via COMTEX) -- Intel Corp.
is expected to formally launch a 466-MHz version of its Celeron
processor today, together with its Intel 810 or Whitney chipset. Intel
told Wall Street analysts last Thursday that the chip is already
shipping. Intel's customers reported that it is priced at $167 and is
packaged in a 370-pin PPGA. The 810 chipset will integrate a version of
Intel's i752-or Portola-graphics chip, as well as an integrated audio
connection. The latter feature was not communicated to OEMs until
recently. Watch for more of Intel's pricing roadmap in this week's
online edition of EBN (www.ebnonline.com). |
