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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (151952)	12/10/2001 3:18:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

RE:"Given that the speed of the X-Box CPU is only 733 MHz, it's apparent that Microsoft didn't need nor want more processing power. However, the hardware engineers probably decided that the Pentium III CPU had better thermal characteristics than a K7" Good point. At the time the thermal characteristics of the P-III/Celeron were a more sure thing. Usually, price has more to do with it than anything. If X-box chip did need .13u then Intel was likely the more sure thing as well although I suppose it's .18u right now. Jim