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To: Paul Engel who wrote (105269)	7/5/2000 5:49:55 PM
From: EricRR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, Tench, Paul- I agree this is a good move by Intel, given that higher yields at lower MHz will free up much needed wafer space. But the question remains- Intel had these new Xeons on the roadmap just a few weeks ago, but now they have discovered the obvious. So what has happened in the mean time to change their minds? Technology News Intel Skips Pair Of Xeon Chips (07/05/00, 4:04 p.m. ET) By Mark Hachman, TechWeb News Intel has decided to skip two versions of its high-end Xeon microprocessor lineup to ease its customers' product transitions, the company said Wednesday. Intel (stock: INTC), Santa Clara, Calif., has decided to not manufacture the previously-planned 800-MHz and 866-MHz versions of its Xeon microprocessors, each containing the option of either 1- and 2-Mbytes of cache. The reason, a company spokesman said, was to allow customers the necessary time to test and update their own servers, which they must do with each new chip Intel produces. "The main reason is customer feedback," the Intel spokesman said. "A number of customers asked us to reduce the frequency of product introductions." According to Intel, customers are asking Intel to increase the frequency of the large-cache Xeons in iterations of 100-MHz or more. Instead of manufacturing the 800- and 866-MHz speed upgrades, Intel will jump directly to a 900-MHz chip, planned for release in 2001. Analysts agreed with Intel's newfound perspective. "Server manufacturers aren't impressed by a lot of new products," said Dean McCarron, analyst with Mercury Research, Scottsdale, Ariz. McCarron added that he did question why Intel included the 800- and 866-MHz products on roadmaps and said it was unclear how many iterations of the Xeon Intel would produce before asking customers to buy Intel's next-generation Itanium and Pentium 4 microprocessors. techweb.com And on a completely unrelated topic- how is the new c0 stepping going? Didn't the stepping affect Xeons? z