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To: William Hunt who wrote (45881)	1/17/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

You may be ready to buy until you see the price. Jim

To: William Hunt who wrote (45881)	1/17/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Bill - Re: "Deschutes, 440BX and 100 MHz Buses" Production silicon was veriifed for the 440BX around last Thanksgiving and Intel started 440BX production lots in early/mid December. Sampling of the 440BX is well along - customers are building product with it. With about 8 or 9 weeks from wafer start to final shipping, production volumes will hit the street in late February/early March. I think indications are that 100 MHz is not the upper limit for current silicon - 0.35 micron. They may be able to squeeze 133 MHz out of it. However, DRAM manufacturers have to improve their SDRAM speeds to make this possible - 7.5 nS cycle times. I think many are having trouble with 10 nS (100 MHz) chips. A modified/enhanced 440BX is in the works for extended addressing - for larger memory sizes. The Deschutes has actually been well ahead - Intel has been building inventory on this part and shipping to customers under NDA (Non-Disclosure-Agreements) - which have been WIDELY DISCLOSED! First parts, as indicated in the press, will be built with the 440LX chip set and run at 66 MHz bus speed/333 MHz Internal CPU speed. Paul