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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (99712)	3/24/2000 1:32:00 AM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571398

Cirruslvr, <Cumine-128 is just a holding place for the low-end until Cumine-512 hits the market in volume later on this year at which time Intel stops disabling half the cache on Cumine-128 and bam, it becomes the current Cumine and takes over the low-end to compete with Spitfire.> I am not at all sure where this CuMine-512 thing is going. Other than providing differentiation between low-end and high-end I don't see much value for larger cache (CuMine-128 performance will be pretty close to CuMine-256; CuMine-512 may become necessary to have some semblance of differentiation) In the long-run, I think Intel will solve the segmentation problem by moving to Timna quickly once Wilamette volumes kick-in. <Intel says Willy will be low volumes this year so Cumine-512 may be the the only thing Intel has to compete with Athlon later this year. > CuMine-512 is probably more of a liability than asset when competing with Athlon so that may not be a good reason. As far as Wilamette is concerned, I wouldn't count Wilamette out for the year yet. The odds are against it but if anyone can pull it off, it is Intel. Chuck