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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (60673)	7/17/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

ALL: 700Mhz Intel chips next year! joey 700-MHz, integrated Pentium IIs for 1999 By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM July 17, 1998, 12:45 p.m. PT Intel will boost the speed of its Xeon chips to 700 MHz, desktop Pentium IIs to 600 MHz, and mobile chips to 366 MHz in 1999, according to sources, while the company's first integrated chips will appear in the Pentium II line in the first half. Also, Intel will release a 333-MHz Pentium II with double the amount of high-speed "cache" memory integrated directly onto the processor. Code-named Dixon, the chip is slated to appear in the first half of 1999, according to sources. The chip was initially touted as a part of the low-cost Celeron family of chips, but Intel is now saying that Dixon will not be a Celeron product. Celeron processors, now being used in a variety of low-cost consumer and business systems, are relatively slow because they don't contain the extra high-speed cache memory like other Pentium II chips. This technology would indicate that Intel is getting aggressive at putting this critical high-speed technology directly on to the processor, making its chips much faster. To date, the extra memory, referred to as "L2" or "secondary" cache, has been a separate chip--not integrated into the processor. Generally, the higher the level of integration, the faster the processor. On other fronts, technology is also progressing at the usual breakneck pace. Despite a flurry of financial, legal, and product setbacks this year, product development remains in full swing at the chipmaker. In many ways, Intel's plan for chip development and speed upgrades is surpassing earlier roadmaps. Chips made on the more advanced 0.18-micron manufacturing process will come out in the second quarter of 1999, one quarter earlier than expected, according to the company, while megahertz upgrades for mobile processors and Celeron chips have already been advanced. "Katmai," a new technology that will boost the chips ability to handle multimedia and scientific applications, has also already been shifted up for a Q1 release. Price cuts also continue. Another round of price cuts will occur later this month, dropping the price of the 400-MHz Pentium II to approximately $550. Price cuts are also slated for September and October. The Dixon processor should be one of the most interesting chips due to its high level of integration. One reason for the purported readjustment comes from performance, theorized Michael Slater, founder of MicroDesign Resources. With an integrated 256K of cache memory, Dixon will perform better than Pentium II chips with 512K secondary cache included in the processor package but not integrated into the silicon. "Integration is not the basis of segmentation," Slater said. Price is. Intel declined to discuss Dixon in detail, as the product is unannounced. (Intel is an investor in CNET: The Computer Network.)