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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (89933)	1/27/2000 1:57:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1572556

Thanx Pravin.. West Coast so not to late.. I found this part interesting. All parts will be sold as as K6-2+s with a guaranteed working 128 kb of L2 cache, but most parts will be able to use 256 KB L2-cache, so why not use the full 256 KB? Reports are coming in that with most K6-2+ we will be able to enable the remaining 128 KB cache through the BIOS. Can you believe that? It gets better. You can drop this cheap chip into any Super 7 motherboard as the core voltage is at 2.2V! This chip is expected to be released at 550 MHz in February (probably the 10th) and should reach 600 MHz in the coming months. There will be two versions: one with Gemini for the mobile market and one for the desktop market.

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (89933)	1/27/2000 2:41:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572556

"Spitfire and Thunderbird seem to be slightly behind schedule," according to the link that Pravin provided. See the bottom of this page: aceshardware.com The Spitfire (and Thunderbird) seem to be slightly behind schedule, and will probably be announced in June of this year, but won't really ship until around August, just like the Athlon in 1999. That makes the K6-2+ very important for AMD as it is the chip that is going to defend AMD's market-share in the low-end and mobile sectors. Seems like while AMD is finding tremendous success in scaling the MHz ladder, their core enhancements aren't coming along as well. I'll quote again from MPR, "Room is something one should not leave for Intel." Tenchusatsu

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (89933)	1/27/2000 9:57:00 AM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572556

Since you are up late surfing, here's a K6-2+ link I found Pravin, Thanks for posting that article. It certainly answers some of my questions about the k6-2+ (which I'll post): Core voltage is 2.2 volts! This is good news for those of us not yet ready to build new Athlon systems, as most SS7 boards support 2.2. On the cache: K6-2+ has 256 KB L2-cache on board, just like the K6-III. However, the K6-2+ will only use 128 KB of the full 256 KB on-die cache. Most K6-IIIs yield at the full 256 KB L2-cache, but a small percentage yield less. Therefore, if AMD only enables 128 KB, all K6-IIIs can be sold as K6-2+s. Remember, AMD is looking for the K6-2+ to compete with the Celeron and 128 KB is just enough to do so. All parts will be sold as as K6-2+s with a guaranteed working 128 kb of L2 cache, but most parts will be able to use 256 KB L2-cache, so why not use the full 256 KB? Reports are coming in that with most K6-2+ we will be able to enable the remaining 128 KB cache through the BIOS. Can you believe that? On versions and speed: This chip is expected to be released at 550 MHz in February (probably the 10th) and should reach 600 MHz in the coming months. There will be two versions: one with Gemini for the mobile market and one for the desktop market. A little rumor/news on spitfire: The Spitfire (and Thunderbird) seem to be slightly behind schedule, and will probably be announced in June of this year, but won't really ship until around August, just like the Athlon in 1999. That makes the K6-2+ very important for AMD as it is the chip that is going to defend AMD's market-share in the low-end and mobile sectors. Thanks to the Gemini technology, the K6-2+ should run fast without using too much power. The K6-2+, will consume more power than Transmeta's cruso‰, but should be significantly faster. -Scot