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To: Goutam who wrote (81863)	12/3/1999 1:43:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573088

Found this blurb on EETimes site. Nothing new here, but I'm posting it because I like its title - ebnews.com ________________ *Intel continues to ship P3 CPU after bug is found* By Will Wade, EE Times, (12/03/99, 1:23 a.m. EDT) SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Intel Corp. will continue to ship its most advanced microprocessor, despite the recent discovery of a minor defect. The company has disclosed that up to 2 percent of its Coppermine chips - the Pentium III produced at 0.18-micron linewidths - have a bug that may interfere with the boot-up process. A spokesman said the glitch has only been seen in a lab environment, but that it could occasionally prevent the machine from switching on when the start button is pressed, requiring users to hit the switch a second time. He said there are no other known problems in the Coppermine, and that Intel will not pull the product off the shelves for such a minor issue. The cause of the problem has been determined, and it will be corrected when the chip goes through its next stepping, or tweak. Intel is already having difficulty keeping up with demand for the Coppermine product, and the spokesman said that no customers had indicated they would curtail orders because of the bug. ________________________________________________________________

To: Goutam who wrote (81863)	12/3/1999 1:53:00 AM
From: Yougang Xiao	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573088

Goutama: <<Regardless, the computer vendor will continue to use K6-2 processors in its Profile line. On Wednesday, November 23, Gateway posted new online product descriptions for the line, all of which include the K6-2 chips.>> Thanks for your post. The bold portion is quite confusing. Currently, GTW offers two Profile lines. One is Celeron starting at 433 mhz. K6 is another (400 mhz only). This url is for K6. gateway.com It is unclear whether the K6 based Profile is the leftover or a recent extension as suggested by the article.