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To: Process Boy who wrote (73073)	9/25/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572090

PB, 1) Why couldn't Intel 1) keep any possible 133 FSB parts for when the fix is in. 2) Stop blowing fuses for 133 and start for 100, now, still a month away from launch, allowing for the speculated on higher speed bins kash mentioned? Well there are 2 problems really PB. 1 is clock locking. If Intel ahs a bunch of 133Mhz fsb parts that were ready to go, and they are clock locked, what does Intel do with them. Sure they can keep them, but certain people seem to think the delay on the 820 is going to be more than 1 month.. some people have hinted at 2 months, and I have even heard one person say that they don't know.. but it's certainly more than 6 weeks. That's a long time to keep parts in the inventory.. and that's a lot of parts.. The second problem is, the market and investors will not look fondly on Intel if Intel's inventory starts to ballon to high levels due to 'holding back' CPUs. Regards, Steve