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To: FJB who wrote (27548)	6/19/1998 3:49:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Bob, I did not see a suggestion that National might use the Mendocino socket. Just scroll down: National Semiconductor Corp. (NSM), which owns Intel rival Cyrix Corp., has a number of technical and legal rights to the P6 bus, and so could conceivably produce a processor that would use the 370-pin Socket -- but National/Cyrix officials could not be reached for comment. My guess is that Cyrix is going to be "considering" this bus for a while, and at the time Intel is about to abandon it, and there is no money to be made, Cyrix may deliver their chip for this bus. That's my basic problem with Cyrix. They start 10 things and deliver nothing to fruition. Intel starts 5 processors and makes 5 billions on every single one. Let's count: 1. MII 2. maybe standalone Cayenne on Slot1 3. MediaGX 4. MediaGXm 5. maybe MediaGXm with more L1/L2 6. Cayenne based MXi 7. MediaGX based PCOAC 8. MXi based PCOAC 9. Jalopeno Ok, 9. If we add "maybe" on a standalone Cayenne on slot370, we have 10. This is from company that has hard time breaking even on any single design. Joe