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To: Petz who wrote (33571)	6/26/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1583396

Re: "...not to mention throwing away six weeks of wafer starts and inventoried chips. Time=$$$ in this business. A one-month delay=5-10% lower price." Wrong again. No wafers get trashed, no chips get thrown away. The Xeon works fine with a 440GX based system. Haven't you been reading the news? In addition there may very well be in system microcode updates, so they wouldn't have to wait for a new stepping. This feature of the Pentium II generation of processors has been discussed publicly before. Sorry to disappoint you and Ali. I know Ali is in tears. EP