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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (83239)	12/16/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578227

Intel to release 800-MHz chip early for symbolic victory Thanks for posting. Did you see this follow up: forbes.com NEW YORK. 4:21 PM EST-Intel Corp. (nasdaq: INTC) may have an 800 megahertz version of its Pentium III Coppermine chip, but can it really stay ahead in the megahertz derby? Published reports say that Intel might introduce 750- and 800-MHz versions of its Coppermine chips later this month, way ahead of the originally slotted release date of January 2000. Intel's stock has jumped on the news, closing up $6.50 to $78.94. Rival chipmaker AMD (nyse: AMD) closed down $0.50 a share to $27.13. But there is more to this story than meets the eye. For example, Intel will provide samples of its high-speed chips only to its OEM partners, not ship the actual products in volume. And Intel does not really have a large defensible lead in the megahertz race. Sources close to AMD believe that any lead Intel might get by introducing 750- and 800-MHz versions of their Pentium III Coppermine chip would be temporary. AMD is likely to introduce an 800-MHz version of its Athlon chip in the first week of January, and will also introduce a 900-MHz version of the chip later in the first quarter, perhaps as early as the second week of February. The 1-GHz version of Athlon will ship in June. An AMD spokesperson declined to comment on the timeline of its new product introduction.

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (83239)	12/16/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1578227

Jim - RE: "Intel will announce 750-MHz and 800-MHz versions of the "Coppermine" Pentium III processors next week, according to sources, allowing the company to once again wrest the processor speed crown from AMD." Don't get your hopes up too high. The PIII 750 is an overall slower processor than the PIII 733. Check out the link in the bottom of this message and see for yourself. Message 12299535 As far as the 800, a couple of news websites are saying that Intel will announce the 800 is sampling, but not that it is available. Of course, one of these news websites is The Register, so they don't have to count. ;)