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To: Joe NYC who wrote (112288)	10/3/2000 4:51:45 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Or, I wonder, is it possible that the new Piiis are actually cC0 stepping? They were clearly over the limit in 1.13 GHz operation, but the stepping may be good enough for 1 GHz. Do you know any details about the stepping of the current 1 GHz Piii that are starting to appear?" They are not "starting to appear", they have been here for some time. But in regards to your question about steppings, I have never heard the stepping designations you refer to used by any of my Intel contacts. I don't know what a cC0 stepping is nor do any of my contacts. They refer to a different set of names which I am not at liberty to say. EP

To: Joe NYC who wrote (112288)	10/3/2000 5:17:10 PM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Joe, Re: I wonder, is it possible that the new Piiis are actually cC0 stepping? The FCPGA 1.0 GHz P3s (Socket 370) are only manufactured in cC0 stepping and function up to 70°C. The older ones in Slot package (cB0 stepping) had a maximum temperature tolerance of 60°C. The (recalled) 1.13 GHz P3 were also in cC0 stepping and had a temperature tolerance of 62°C. All P3s with cC0 stepping are SMP capable. Before the cC0 stepping binsplits must have been really terrible (i.e. <1%). With the new stepping availability has somewhat improved, there are already 25 Pricewatch vendors selling them. However, still no vendor in Germany has them available. Andreas