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To: Paul Engel who wrote (120531)	7/18/2000 11:56:37 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1580155

Paul - RE: "Why aren't you whining about the SMP AthWiper ULTRA that was due last December ?" Yes, SMP is sorely missing. I have already express my disgust with this. But as far as I remember, Athlon Ultra was not expected last year. This News.com article, which came on on the day the AThlon was released to the public, states the following: "Branding strategy The new chips will also be coming with a branding/segmentation strategy that will kick off next year. Similar to what Intel has done with its Xeon, Pentium III, and Celeron lines, AMD will take the basic core processor and tweak the surrounding technology slightly for different markets. Bus speeds, which determine how fast the chip speaks to the main memory, will differ between product segments, for instance. Chip packaging, motherboard design, and chipsets also will differ. The Athlon Ultra, for instance, will be directed at the server and workstation markets, according to sources and published reports. Ultras will likely have faster buses but also be capable of being put into multiprocessor processor systems. The secondary cache memory, a performance-enhancing memory reservoir near the processor, will also be larger on these chips. Caches as high as 8MB will be possible, AMD executives have said. Current Xeon chips top out with 2MB of cache." news.cnet.com