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To: ralph keating who wrote (65416)	9/24/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Ralph - Re: " the first time they have created a buz about town about the new cheaper just as fast laptops" That "buzz" lasted about a day and a half. AMD announced one customer - COmpaq. The next day, AMD announced an impending announcement from another customer. Today, nobody announced a K6 300 notebook. The buzz is fizzling. Paul

To: ralph keating who wrote (65416)	9/24/1998 8:03:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ralph - Intel will be shipping 450 MHz Xeons next month. Do you think there will be any buzz when at least FOUR vendors [Dell, Compaq, Gateway and InterGraph] announce DUAL 450 MHz Xeon Workstations next month? And you can bet your boots Intel will be getting more than $229 for those XEONS. Paul {===============================} infoworld.com New Xeon chip to boost workstations By David Pendery InfoWorld Electric Posted at 2:09 PM PT, Sep 24, 1998 Intel will complete the evolution of its workstation-centric, Pentium II Xeon-powered 440GX chip set early next month when it releases the 450-MHz version of the product. Workstation vendors will follow, with most major players set to release upgrades to the higher speed processor simultaneously with the announcement. "We'll definitely be there," a Gateway representative said, adding that the company will bump up its dual-processor E5250 line of workstations to the 450-MHz Xeon. Officials of Huntsville, Ala.-based Intergraph also said the company would release a 450-MHz model of its TDZ2000 GX1 workstation, currently a dual-capable, 400-MHz Xeon model. "We believe the majority of the sales will switch over to 450 [MHz]," said Debbie Clark, Intergraph workstation product marketing manager. Intergraph products sporting the 400-MHz processors "will be phased out fairly rapidly" with the appearance of the new chip sets, because 450-MHz versions with 1MB of Level 2 (L2) cache are likely to be priced similarly to the 1MB 400-MHz versions, Clark said. In addition to the 50-MHz "speed bump" that the new processors will offer, customers also will see the first appearance of 2MB of L2 cache in an Intel processor (in addition to 512KB and 1MB versions), which, as in other Xeon processors, will be accessible at full system speed. However, some analysts as well as workstation vendors are not convinced that customers will utilize the larger cache, not only because it is considered an extremely high-end feature, but because the 2MB version may drive up the cost of the chip set significantly. "The two megabyte cache will certainly improve performance, but it comes at a higher price," independent analyst Andrew Allison said. "The differential is high," Allison continued, although he could not reveal exact pricing. "Two megs of [cache] memory is more of an issue on servers," Compaq spokesman Gary Frazier said. He added that Compaq will roll out a 450-MHz version of its SP700 workstation with Intel's announcement and is upgrading its workstations' Highly Parallel Systems Architecture. The architecture, built around chip sets by Reliance Computer, will feature improvements including 1.6Gbps memory bandwidth, dual SCSI controllers, AGP2X graphics support, and an increase in available RAM from 3GB to 4GB. Dell is also planning a 450-MHz workstation, upgrading its Precision 610, which will be available the day of Intel's announcement. Gateway Inc., in North Sioux City, S.D., is at (800) 846-4208 or gateway.com. Intergraph Corp., in Huntsville, Ala., is at (800) 763-0242 or intergraph.com. Compaq Computer Corp., in Houston, is at (281) 370-0670 or compaq.com. Dell Computer Corp., in Round Rock, Texas, is at (800) 388-8542 or dell.com. David Pendery is an InfoWorld reporter. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Deputy News Editor, Carolyn April Copyright © 1998 InfoWorld Media Group Inc. InfoWorld Electric is a member of IDG.net