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To: puborectalis who wrote (94006)	12/14/1999 9:02:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Amazing, one article, ebnews I think, suggests that Intel may introduce a 750 and 800 MHZ Flopper and every other rag wants to get in on the action. So they reiterate the rumor. If Intel does this, what does it do to all the OEMs that have stocked up on 500-600 MHZ chips...? If one announces an 800MHZ P-III machine I'll take odds that it's Mikey Dell... Jim

To: puborectalis who wrote (94006)	12/14/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 186894

Stephen, Here's recent Reuters report. First of all lauch looks pretty real to me. In addition they have at least ONE OEM ready to go. Wonder who that'll be: Tuesday December 14, 8:33 pm Eastern Time Intel to launch 800 mhz Pentium III next week-rpt SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Intel Corp. will reportedly launch the fastest version yet of its Pentium III chip sometime next week, as it seeks to one-up arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) in a game of processor speed leap frog. According to reports on Electronic Buyers' News (semibiznews.com), Cnet Inc.'s news.com and Ziff Davis's zdnet.com on Tuesday, the world's largest chip maker will announce new versions of its Pentium III family next week running at clock speeds of 750 megahertz and 800 megahertz. A spokesman for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant refused to comment on unannounced products. ``They are just pulling everything in because of AMD,' said Linley Gwennap, editorial director at the Microprocessor Report. ``The original roadmap wasn't until January. Everytime AMD announces a new clockspeed, Intel announces a new clockspeed.' Late last month, AMD of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced a 750 megahertz version of its Athlon processor, taking the speed crown back from Intel. In October, Intel announced a 733 megahertz Pentium III, as part of its new Pentium III family, surpassing AMD's 700 megahertz version of its Athlon family. ``One can only speculate that should they do this, it would indicate that their 0.18 micron is going better than ever,' said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst with Insight 64, a consulting firm in Saratoga, Calif. ``That would be a real kind of milestone for them to reach.' Intel's new Pentium III family, which was code-named Coppermine, uses a new manufacturing process called 0.18 micron, which creates finer linewidths between the transistors than the older 0.25 micron process. However, Gwennap said he believed that Intel was having a hard time making the 733 megahertz versions of the Pentium III. ``I hear they are having a hard time making 733s,' he said. ``But if you are Intel, you can always peel a few chips from the top of the line and claim you are shipping something, but that wouldn't make any OEM (original equipment manufacturer) too happy...It wouldn't be too much of a surprise, given this horse race that is going on between AMD and Intel.'