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To: Ali Chen who wrote (43791)	1/4/1998 1:59:00 AM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali, The price difference you have presented represents how much higher in profit margin Intel is making on P-II over P-MMX. The discussion here however is the manufacturing cost of P-II vs. P-MMX. In Q3 (and perhaps not Q4), the COST difference may be higher than $20, but don't worry. This COST difference is declining rapidly. That means "Dasvidanya Socket 7", just a matter of time. John.

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43791)	1/4/1998 2:58:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 186894

Ali, If you add the higher cost of P-II +$100-$300), there remains very little justification for the mediocre performance increase(~20-25%). The advantage is P-II 300 over it's 233 MHz Socket 7 competitors are: P-MMX 21.7% K6 12.0% 6x86MX 7.6% The advantage of P-II 266 vs Socket7: P-MMX 17.3% K6 8.0% 6x86MX 3.8% The advantage of P-II 233 vs Socket7: P-MMX 10.7% K6 4.0% 6x86MX 0.0% Even compared to almost ancient Pentium classic 200, P-II performs only 40% faster. Or another way of looking at it. Pentium 200 delivers 71% performance of P-II 300 on Winstone benchmark. Here is the link: zdnet.com Joe