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To: DragonBoy who wrote (63877)	9/3/1998 8:43:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

DragonBoy - Re: "Is it possible that Intel could make the KNI overdrive next year to upgrade the current PII and Mendocino?" This should be an easy upgrade - provided that KATMAI appears as a 2.0 volt device - that is, as a 0.25 micron device. The Katmai product should run as a direct substitute for Pentium II if it is housed in SECC cartridge or on the "Celeron" PC card. A BIOS update may be required for CPUID (CPU Identification) purposes to alert the system resorces that a KATMAI is present. However, KNI-specific software may be able to handle this task without the need of BIOS support. If Intel brings KATMAI out as a 0.18 micron part (a 1.5 +/- volt device) , the "overdrive" may work if the CPU voltage programming can send the proper ID signals to the "programmable" power supplies that Intel specifies. Paul