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To: d e conway who wrote (7313)	9/1/2000 1:34:40 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

Don't buy that new case yet... P4 may need a new form factor/case. Doesn't sound like the P4 is built with the hobbyist/gamer in mind...if he is on a budget. sharkyextreme.com

To: d e conway who wrote (7313)	9/1/2000 1:39:29 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 275872

All, A summary of AMDs new chips from IXBT. Basically the same as the viahardware article. ixbt-labs.com -- AMD: New Processor Details [9:00 am] Rat There appeared a very informative article on VIA Hardware revealing a lot of details about AMD upcoming processors: Mustang, Palomino and Morgan. All of them will be based on one and the same new core, which will be different from that used in AMD Athlon and AMD Duron CPUs. The differences will include: Smaller die size. Longer pipeline: 12 (or more) stages against 10. This will let somewhat increase the CPU frequencies. Additional 3DNow! instructions support. Lower heat dissipation. And now a bit more on each of the mentioned CPUs. -Mustang. This CPU should become a rival to Intel Pentium III Xeon (512KB/2MB L2 cache working at the full core speed). Mustang will feature: 512KB-4MB L2 cache working at the full core frequency Supported working frequencies start from 1.4GHz AMD 770 chipset supporting up to 2 CPUs per single North Bridge of the chipset and allows combining groups of "1 North Bridge + 2 CPUs" into kind of a chain with the help of a new AMD system bus: LDT. This is how multi-processor configurations will be arranged. Due date: November 2000 -Palomino. This CPU will be AMD’s response to Intel Pentium 4. However, it may also threaten the positions of elder Intel Pentium III models (of course, if the cost is appropriate). It will be available for desktop PCs and for mobile ones. The key features include: 512KB L2 cache working at the full processor frequency Up to 1,5GHz supported frequencies Chipsets: AMD 760, AMD 760MP, VIA KX266, VIA KT133. No AMD 770 support. Dual-processor configurations (with AMD 760MP and VIA KX266 chipsets) Due date: November/December 2000. - Morgan. This CPU will come to replace AMD Duron. In fact, replacing Duron won’t make much sense, because it is anyway more attractive that Intel Celeron. However, this move is not ungrounded: it is easier to manufacture CPUs on one and the same core. Like in case of Palomino, there will be also two versions: desktop and mobile. Here are the key features: 64KB or 128KB L2 cache working at the full core frequency Starting working frequencies equal 900MHz Chipsets: VIA KM133, KL-133, SiS 730S (i.e. chipsets for low-cost systems). Due date: December 2000. -The manufacturing of these processors is also expected to be transferred to 0.13 micron technology approximately in Q3 2001 (AMD is most likely to involve IBM’s productive capacities). This transfer will help reduce power consumption and increase the core clock frequencies.