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To: Road Walker who wrote (125002)	1/16/2001 1:17:01 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 186894

John, Wouldn't the same attributes that notebook processors have, low power consumption and cooler, be benefits for the slim servers? Speed step for servers? I believe the current version of SpeedStep is manual, so it is fairly useless. AMD's PowerNow is automatic, which is the speed / voltage of the processor can adjust itself based on the load. That's something that can be used in every CPU. I believe the next version of of SpeedStep will have this feature as well. Joe

To: Road Walker who wrote (125002)	1/16/2001 1:17:45 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

John - Re: "Speed step for servers?" No. Not Intel's SpeedStep - it ratchets down Vcc and the Clock Speed when the Notebook is UNPLUGGED from an AC outlet and starts to run on batteries. Servers should not encounter this unless there is a power outage and they have to run off UPS power. Intel's transition to 0.13 micron process will be more than adequate to address the power requirements of thin servers -- as the Vcc and power of Tualatin are reduced substantially. And don't forget - TransMeta chips have NO CURRENT infrastructure for SMP support - such as chip sets, BIOS, Motherboards, etc.. Intel's customers objected to Intel's aggressive MHz Ramp on their Cascades chips - due to the time and cost and complexity of verification of any new CPU - just think how tough it will be to sell an entirely new "animal" to these same customers - such as a TransMeta Morpho chip. Paul