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To: Buckwheat who wrote (40061)	10/25/1998 5:34:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

Buckwhaet - Re: "PII models/steps (SL2W6, SL2W7, SL2W8, SL2YK, SL2VY) that test out to 450 mhz and beyond have to be diverted to PII 300 production?" Simple answer - almost all the Pentium II's will run above 400 MHz - so Intel is forced to downbin devices for the 300 MHz spec. But not to worry, Bucko ! Jim McMannis's secret sources have "hinted" to me that Intel will be dropping the 300 MHz Pentium II by early next year. Paul

To: Buckwheat who wrote (40061)	10/25/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: Ling Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

RE: [Intel Celerons are the most pervasive CPU in the sub $1000 category and the 333 MHz Celeron PCs seem to be priced less than most of the 350 MHz K6-2 machines.] Even though Intel Celeron success, it doesn't mean AMD fail. Actuall it means PII will have big trouble ahead, which means INTEL can not make big money on PII. They only can do like AMD selling low-end CPU. Customers are not stupid and don't want to pay $100-$300 more to get just 5-10% faster machine.