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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (36083)	8/16/1998 1:13:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1573088

Kevin - Re: "So you're saying that until there's a breakthrough in battery technology, 300 MHz will be the max speed we'll see in notebooks for the .25u generation of chips?" That depends on how little battery life you are willing to put up with. Thin film displays eat their share of power as well. I would guess 333 MHz may be possible for Intel/AMD products. The next gain will be Intel's Dixon - which will combine 256K L2 cache on the Pentium II die - and thereby eliminate the 512K bytes external L2 cache. The net power savings should allow 333 MHz - or even slightly higher. Intel should have 0.18 micron Coppermine devices out in the first half of next year that will run at much lower voltages and power - allowing higher speeds as well. Paul