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To: Joseph S. Lione who wrote (59656)	7/9/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Joe - Re: "Is not on-chip L2 cache a feature due with Mendocino? How would "Dixon silicon" (?) differ?" Mendocino is a Deschutes (0.25 micron Pentium II) with 128 KiloBytes of L2 cache grafted on to the CPU. The cache runs at full CPU speed. The Dixon is a Deschutes (0.25 micron Pentium II) with 256 KiloBytes of L2 cache grafted on to the CPU. The cache also runs at full CPU speed. The Dixon was "commissioned" after the yields of the Mendocino were found to be excellent despite the increased die size. Originally, Mendocino was targeted at the "entry level", to improve the Celeron performance. Dixon was originally intended to replace the Mobile Pentium II for notebook PCs, which is quite expensive with special MMO packaging including chip sets and external L2 cache devices. The external L2 cache will not be needed when Dixon is used. Paul