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To: Paul Engel who wrote (90943)	10/26/1999 2:45:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - 800 MHz Coppermines will be available within a few months - and Sharky Extreme has already provided some benchmarks on an 800 MHz Coppermine (733 MHz Overclocked to 800 MHz). There's still more "juice" in that aging P6 Core ! Paul {============================} sharkyextreme.com Benchmark Results Analyzed This is more like it. We're more enthused by the performance level of the P3-800 Coppermine CPU than we were over yesterday's P3-733 results and we look forward to the 800MHz chip's introduction sometime within the next two to three months. By the time of the P3-800's launch, the P3-733 and Athlon 700 CPUs will likely cost $250 less than the P3-800, which will make them high-performance bargains for those not willing to fork over the P3-800's expected $800 price tag. What About Post 800MHz CPUs? Although our unlocked Coppermine CPU couldn't attain and hold an 866MHz core speed (6.5 x 133MHz), we're estimating that a P3-866 CPU will likely debut sometime in February of next year. From there, it's a short hop to 1GHz, and we believe at this point that Intel will be the first of the two largest x86 CPU manufacturers to hit that long awaited frequency goal, sometime in April or May 2000. Final Thoughts At 800MHz, the P3 Coppermine is delivering more that a 100% performance gain over last year's Pentium II 400 CPU and .it's somewhat surprising to think that we're quickly approaching the introduction of CPUs that will be described by their Gigahertz speed rating rather than their Megahertz speed rating. To put that in perspective it's taken Intel roughly 20 years to go from a 1MHz desktop processor to a 1000MHz (1GHz) desktop processor. If that rate of progress is maintained, will we be using 100+GHz processors in our desktop PCs 20 years from today? And how long after that will it be before 1THz (Terahertz, or 1000GHz) is achieved? Only time will tell if engineers can keep building on the impressive gains that have been made thus far, but one thing is certain: Both AMD and Intel must continue to push the edge of the envelope in CPU performance or risk being left behind by the other or external competitors like NEC and Sony as the market moves forward. Agree? Disagree? Please visit the Sharky Extreme Discussion Board and make your voice be heard! Craig "MAKO" Campanaro