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To: GVTucker who wrote (108085)	8/23/2000 11:46:21 AM
From: semiconeng	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

And if you read the statements in the referenced article, no one actually states that the customers asked Intel to cancel the Xeon 800. Quote: Intel released 700-MHz versions of these large-cache Xeons in May but decided to skip the 800-MHz version, company spokesman Otto Pijpker said today. Quote: Intel customers such as Compaq Computer "asked us to reduce the pace of large-cache processor introductions," Pijpker said. The move had nothing to do with Intel's ability to make the chips, he said. Quote: Compaq spokesman Steve Thieme concurred. "Our customers are looking for less frequent updates with larger incremental gains," he said. "We certainly relay our customer requirements to Intel." Quote: "For a while we tried really hard to keep up with the desktop space. But the customer feedback was that, in general, they weren't going to introduce servers at the same rate they introduce new PCs," Pijpker said SemiconEng