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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (26022)	4/19/1998 3:56:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

This from the Real World Technologies: It appears that Cyrix is holding on to their stock of M II PR300 processors for some reason. From what we hear, they renamed the 225MHz parts from 6x86MX PR266 to M II PR300, since they should compare favorably with the Celeron 300MHz part. realworldtech.com As predicted, Tom's Hardware has given the Celeron processor the "Thumb's Up" for gaming platforms at a very low price. Intel may have sprung a big surprise on the other manufacturers with this one. The official availability date for these processors is May 1, so apparently Cyrix decided to delay the release of their new processor until May 15 to get a good glimpse of where they will fit in the scheme of things. This may be a move to delay pricing until they know exactly how they stack up against the Celeron 266MHz processor. AMD will be officially releasing the K6-300 on 4/21 in boxed units only. The K6-266 remains unavailable, and a nasty rumor says that it has been discontinued!! We are trying to get confirmation on that. That would be an awfully strange move for AMD, since the price point of the 266MHz part is absolutely perfect. Joe

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (26022)	4/19/1998 9:56:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

RE:"we already have more CPU power than was intended by God." Craig, National appears to have recognized the fact that increased integer CPU power is of little value for the vast majority of current and future users. The most common uses for home computers are: 1. Information (internet, email, etc.) 2. Games 3. Home finance Category 1 performance is limited by communications speeds beginning at the data servers, through the local network, over the internet, over the phone line, and through the modem. Everybody would like faster communications, but increasing CPU power will do nothing to resolve this issue. As Fuchi correctly points out - a 133 MHz Media GX does as well as a PII 450. Category 2 performance is limited by FPU processing speed and the speed of the graphics processor. NSM is behind here, but MXi was architected to address both of these issues and should be a competitive product. Category 3 performance requires no more than a MediaGX 133. The big performance issues of the future are going to be: 1. Battery life (CPU's run very slowly without electricity.) 2. Real time graphics processing and visualization. 3. Real time Java processing. Brian Halla talks frequently about 9-12 hour battery life on notebooks. PC on a chip is the obvious solution for this problem. Intel will not be able to compete against the fully integrated system solution National is conjuring up. High end graphics is not being addressed by any of the major CPU manufacturers, as far as I can tell. Perhaps the Intel/SGI or Intel/HP alliances will give Intel the edge here. High speed, real time Java compilation/execution performance will require multiple CPU's. Intel is well positioned with Merced. Cyrix appears to have no interest. Sun Microsystems undoubtably has plans here. Pravin's suggestion that Cyrix pursue Java performance is well taken. Scumbria

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (26022)	4/19/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Craig - Re: "Now that I have a PII/300, Paul generally leaves me alone. " Well, let's elaborate on the following: Re: "IMHO, we already have more CPU power than was intended by God. " Just what CPU power was intended by God, "pray tell"? Paul