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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (98262)	2/5/2000 7:33:00 AM
From: Monica Detwiler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tenchusatsu - According to Ziff Davis News, Intel's Mobile 0.13 micron Northwood processor will be based on Willamette - and due out sometime in 2001. I have never heard of this chip before - have you? That will be one powerful processor - won't it? Any idea what speed this will run at in a notebook environment? Like, 650 MHz Pentium IIIs in Laptops aren't fast enough ? <VBG> Monica Intel prepping new mobile chip By John Spooner, ZDNN February 4, 2000 6:30 AM PT URL: zdnet.com The mobile Pentium III's days are numbered. Intel Corp. sources say the chip maker is working to replace its top-of-the-line notebook processor, the mobile Pentium III, with a new chip, code-named Northwood, in 2001. Northwood, based on the same next-generation 32-bit architecture as Intel's forthcoming Willamette desktop chip, will mark the beginning of Intel's transition to a 0.13-micron process. Changing process technologies allows a chip maker to increase performance while reducing both cost and power consumption. Northwood's sister chip -- Willamette -- is scheduled to debut late this year. It will offer speeds up to and exceeding 1GHz, according to Intel. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) isn't the only mobile-chip maker with changes in the pipeline, however. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is expected to begin shipping a mobile version of its Athlon processor well before Northwood hits the streets. That mobile Athlon, about which little is known, will be based on AMD's Mustang processor core. It will include integrated cache and be compatible with AMD's Socket A.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (98262)	2/5/2000 10:13:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ten, Man, you think Gateway is peeved at Intel or what? Now that Gateway is a happy Athlon customer, maybe Intel will decide that Gateway doesn't need high-speed Pentium IIIs as much as other customers, like Dell for instance. Come to think of it, maybe Intel will decide that Gateway won't want first dibs on Willamette later this year, either. I thought Gateway exhibited zero class in that episode. A comparable situation was when Apple had to say that they couldn't get enough G4s from Motorola. They just stated it, no histrionics. Of course, they are in a sole source situation there, aren't they? Back to Gateway, you just don't burn bridges, even if you think you got the short end of the stick. It may come back to haunt you, big time. Like you say, if push comes to shove, ship the early Willamettes to Dell, HP, IBM, Compaq. Gateway who? Speaking of G4s, I continue to hear of copper horror stories, well, difficulties getting yields with it. I hope Intel is putting "all the best" they can on it from a processing point of view. 0.13 micron copper, no 0.18, that's the plan. Tony