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To: Goutam who wrote (93587)	2/16/2000 2:31:00 PM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571782

Goutama, Did you listen to it to prove that original poster didn't misinterpret Albert's comments? You want to talk about confusion and misinterpretation. Check out this article from foxnews: -Scot foxnews.com Intel Shows Fastest-Ever Microprocessor 9:50 a.m. ET (1450 GMT) February 16, 2000 By Cliff Edwards PALM SPRINGS, Calif. ? Intel Corp. hopes to use a new computer chip touted as the world's fastest to accelerate its transformation from a PC-centric company into a supplier of components for dozens of Internet products. The world's largest semiconductor company on Tuesday said the new chip, code-named "Willamette" will run at 1.5 gigahertz, or 1.5 billion bits of information per second. Computers operating at such speeds are essential in a world where new generations of Internet commerce, gaming and entertainment require greater processing power, executives said. "Performance does matter on the Internet. It does today and it will in the future," said Pat Gelsinger, vice president of Intel's Desktop Products Group. He noted that internal company research had found that computers running Windows 2000, set for release on Thursday, would require about 250 more megahertz of power to deliver the same level of processing performance as current desktops. Critics say the company's latest chips have far more processing power than the average consumer needs, but Intel executives contended the increasing popularity of the Internet ? for everything from video streaming to electronic commerce to realistic three-dimension games ? will require greater computing power. "The hardware always leads the software," Gelsinger said in an interview at the twice-yearly Intel Developers Forum. "There are so many products coming soon for which these speeds will be absolutely essential." Intel has been locked in a race with its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., to produce the fastest chip. Willamette, which goes on sale this fall, would far outpace the processing power of AMD's recently announced Athlon chip running at 1 gigahertz, or 1 billion bits of information per second. Intel's fastest chip being sold today is a Pentium III running at 800 megahertz, slightly more than half as fast. The company demonstrated Willamette with a computer space game that processed complex mathematical movements on the fly and featured graphics showing crystal-clear pools of water and greater detail than existing computer games. The demonstrations and flurry of Intel announcements come amid an aggressive push by the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company to transform itself into a company selling a broad variety of products that power any device that connects to the Internet. That includes phones, powerful business computers and networking equipment. Intel chairman Andrew S. Grove, in a keynote speech to 2,500 attendees of the three-day conference, noted demands placed on companies conducting business on the Internet are increasing by "the power of ten," requiring greater processing power in turn. The company hopes to address that need with Willamette and Itanium, a powerful processor it unveiled last year. It begins shipping in late summer. Some analysts say consumers should wait until software developers catch up with chipmakers before spending additional money on computers using such high-end chips as Willamette. "We're seeing partly how out of step Intel is with what people want, which is affordability, more stability and reliability with their computers," said Rob Enderle, an analyst with research firm Giga Information Group. To address criticisms about high costs to average consumers, Intel on Tuesday also gave a demonstration of a new Celeron chip code-named "Timna," aimed at the lower-end, sub-$1,000 PC market. That chip would run at speeds of at least 700 megahertz and begin shipping in the second half of the year, said Albert Yu, Intel's senior vice president of the Microprocessor Products Group. The company also plans to ship later this year a chip for laptop computers that runs at 850 megahertz when plugged in, and at a lower frequency when on battery.

To: Goutam who wrote (93587)	2/16/2000 2:36:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1571782

Re: "Did you listen to it to prove that original poster didn't misinterpret Albert's comments? " I tried to but the application kept crashing on me. I hope others will have better luck and will report back on what they hear. EP

To: Goutam who wrote (93587)	2/16/2000 8:18:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571782

Goutama - <Did you listen to it to prove that original poster didn't misinterpret Albert's comments?> I did!!! I believe they probably were misinterpreted. At the end of the 1.5GHz demo, Grove and Yu were doing a little bantering. Grove asked something to the effect if he was comfortable with this speed. Yu indicated this was A-0, first look Silicon. Then Grove interjected "so the implication is that later silicon will be faster." Yu said "yes, next revisions of Si"....the implications of that exchange were very clear. This makes sense. There has been no speed path work on the Willy Si that was shown at the demo. Also, the front end of the P858 process will incrementally improve over time. Geez. The Register can even screw up a face to face interview. PB