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To: Scot who wrote (82787)	12/13/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: Scot	Respond to of 1571871

From the same site: eb-asia.com VIA Technologies takes wraps off Samuel CPU Following announcements of its Joshua processor, Taiwan's VIA Technologies has disclosed information on its follow-on Samuel CPU. The Samuel is essentially a migration of the Winchip 4 core which came from VIA's acquisition of the IDT Centaur division. Richard Brown, a spokesman for VIA in Taipei, confirmed that Samuel will run at clock speeds in the 500-700 MHz range and will most likely be fabbed by National Semiconductor with a 0.18 process. The resulting die size, coupled with low power consumption, should make it an ideal processor for embedded applications and information appliances, according to Brown. The quoted clock speeds are at "true megahertz," says Brown, and are not PR rated. Samuel will probably incorporate the AMD 3D Now! multimedia instruction set and run at bus speeds of 66-, 100-, and 133 MHz. According to VIA, Samuel will be formally announced in the second quarter of 2000. Samuel is designed for socket 370 and will be pin-compatible with the Intel Celeron processor. Brown emphasized that Samuel was "targeted firmly at the value PC" segment, where Intel has fought to define a leading market share with its Celeron product. Brown commented that the recent Comdex show in Las Vegas had been a very positive experience for VIA Technologies. According to Brown, "Comdex Fall confirmed PC 133's growing market leadership, across both the AMD and Intel platforms, and it confirmed VIA's growing significance and stature." VIA has announced record net sales of $65.3 million for November 1999, representing a 101% increase over November 1998 revenues.