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To: Petz who wrote (35055)	4/5/2001 11:41:31 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Petz, I vaguely remember that Intel was supposed to have a 478 pin version of P4 available about NOW on the existing process. I remember people saying that the 423 pin socket would only last six months. Well, maybe Intel cancelled the 0.18u version of Northwood because of pressure from OEM's, but there is a side effect that there will be no 3rd party chipsets until Intel gets to the new socket in Northwood. Interesting speculation. I also seem to recall that there was supposed to be some overlap, that is the .18u P4 was supposed to be available later for socket 478. BTW, I think Northwood stands for .13u version, not for socket 478 version, and if there is .18u version for socket 478, it would be Willamette. Anyway, there was a story published recently that quated one of the Intel chiefs saying that Intel would have an SDRAM support by the end of the year (which would be upto 6 month slip). This is consistent with the speculation that socket 478 would be only for .13u Northwood. I think this would be complete insanity for Intel to do this, that is to rely on a dead end Socket 423 platform throughout the entire 2001, with the switch to 478 only at the end of the year on a low volume .13u Northwood parts. Joe