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To: Paul Engel who wrote (2135)	11/14/1997 4:20:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Paul, if this is the case then why are they coming out with an L2 cacheless version of the Pentium II? I think that the answer is that they're doing it to compete with those 6x86MX and K6 devices that run at 200 mhz or less. The cacheless Pentium II is probably cheaper to produce (smaller die size) and it gives Intel the advantage of transitioning the market to its proprietary Slot architecture. The point is that these chips will certainly be priced less than Pentium II 233 w/cache, and probably at or around the same price point as a K6 or Cyrix chip at the same speed grade. Of course, the K6 or Cyrix chip will still probably be faster than the cacheless Pentium II. Kevin