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To: xun who wrote (98695)	3/16/2000 9:29:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1571928

Posted 16/03/2000 1:40pm by Mike Magee AMD prices set to kybosh Intel's .18 Celermine plans Sources close to Intel and AMD's plans say that up-and-coming .18 micron Celeron processors using a Coppermine core will indeed have half of their level two cache disabled. But,unlike the last time Intel performed this engineering feat, supplying Pentium IIs and Celerons based on the Pentium II but only with 128K cache, very aggressive pricing plans by AMD are likely to scupper attempts to make waves in the low end of the market. According to the sources, AMD has already forecast extremely aggressive prices for both Q2 and Q3 of this year, and its forthcoming Spitfire product will spoil Intel's plans. On an Intel roadmap we published recently, the company proposed that the .18 micron Celerons with the CuMine core would be put head-to-head against AMD Athlons. That is the first time Intel has officially recognised AMD products in its positioning of products. Perhaps a better idea for Intel would be to forget all about Celeron IIIs with castrated cache and instead sell Pentium III Coppermines at Celeron prices. That would put AMD in a sticky position, and help ready the market for the introduction of its 1.4GHz Willamette later in the year. © theregister.co.uk

To: xun who wrote (98695)	3/17/2000 12:19:00 AM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571928

panic_mob, <Intel 866, 850 prices arrive next Monday> Wonder what the availability of these puppies will be... <The 866MHz and 850MHz Pentium III Coppermines which Intel delayed so it could rush a 1GHz processor out of the door will be formally announced next Monday> Athlon 1Gs are apparently available in taiwan now. Will the 866s be available for anyone beyond the the top 2 or 3 OEMS? <One OEM who declined to be named said: "AMD is chasing Intel down now. Sales of Athlons now represent over 80 per cent of out slot based systems." > Sounds good but I wonder how much of this has to do with Intel phasing out the slot based systems.... Chuck