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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (42298)	3/23/2001 8:30:58 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Ultra Sparc III - Further delays? zdnet.com Khan raised the possibility that the still-unreleased top-end Sun server, "StarCat," could be coming later than Sun hoped, declining to comment on whether the company will meet a deadline of this spring. "We've learned a lesson not really specifying a certain date that can be an anchor," Khan said. "These projects are complex, and they're looking good. We're very much in the vicinity of the expectations we've set." When the first UltraSparc III servers and workstations were released in September, Sun said StarCat would be released in the spring, and the UltraSparc III chip speed would be increased from 750MHz to 900MHz in the first quarter of 2001. The chip speed increase still hasn't happened, and the 3800, 4800 and 6800 will be released with 750MHz chips, Khan said. The 900MHz chips, which use copper interconnect technology, are expected "within a quarter or so," he added. "You have to assume from time to time your yields will not be as high," Khan said, referring to the number of chips in a batch that can run at the desired speed. Texas Instruments builds all of Sun's UltraSparc chips.