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To: Paul Engel who wrote (88655)	9/22/1999 1:33:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel's upcoming naming scheme for different sub-generations of Pentium III: www3.sharkyextreme.com (The following text are my comments, not quotes from Sharky Extreme. You can read SE's article for yourself via the link above.) Intel's wide array of CPU introductions in the next few months could get rather confusing. Katmai or Coppermine? 100 MHz bus or 133 MHz? To bring some order to the jumble, Intel will come up with a lettering scheme. If the frequency number has a B on the end, the CPU has a 133 MHz bus. If the number has an E on the end, the CPU core will be Coppermine (w/ 256K on-die L2 cache) as opposed to Katmai (w/ 512K half-speed L2 cache). So coming up next week will be Pentium III 533B and 600B, i.e. Katmai core with 133 MHz bus. And in late October, we'll see Pentium III all the way up to 733EB, i.e. Coppermine core with 133 MHz bus. I think there could also be some Coppermine CPUs with 100 MHz bus, such as maybe a 650E speed grade. I hope this isn't too confusing to the marketplace. Perhaps later on we can see some uniformity in all of Intel's CPUs. Until then, we'll just have to endure this naming scheme. Tenchusatsu