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To: Paul Engel who wrote (69194)	11/28/1998 4:27:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Intel May be Planning 667 MHz Processors for Late 1999. This article discusses ther "usual" CPUs due out next year,but mentions a target speed of 667 MHz as the "high end" instead of just 600 MHz. Intel's 0.18 micron process may be showing more robustness than haad been previously anticipated. Paul {====================================} techweb.com November 30, 1998, Issue: 819 Section: News Speeds Up To 1GHZ Expected By 2001 -- Intel targets enterprise with chips Marcia Savage Santa Clara, Calif. -- Before it launches its much anticipated 64-bit Merced chip early in the new millennium, Intel Corp. plans to speed up its 32-bit processors for the workstation and server market to 667MHz next year, according to market sources. After Intel releases its 450MHz Pentium II Xeon processor with four-way capability at the beginning of 1999, the microprocessor company in March plans to introduce the 500MHz Tanner processor, the sources said. In the third quarter of next year, Intel plans to boost Tanner's clock speed to 550MHz, sources said. In the second half of 1999, Intel plans to launch the Cascades series at 600MHz and then boost its clock speed to 667MHz in short order. Both Tanner and Cascades will incorporate the Katmai enhanced MMX instruction sets, which include enhanced 3-D graphics and speech-recognition capabilities, the sources said. Cascades will be built using 0.18-micron technology, so it will be faster and consume less power than Tanner, which will be built on 0.25-micron process technology, the sources said. The Merced chip is scheduled for production in mid-2000, Intel executives have said. When it debuts, the 500MHz Tanner will be priced nearly the same as the 450MHz Pentium II Xeon processor. The Tanner chip with 2 Mbytes of cache is slated to be priced at $3,692, the same as the Xeon with an equal amount of cache. Both Tanner and Xeon processors with 1 Mbyte of cache will cost $1,980. Tanner with 512 Kbytes of cache will cost $931, compared with $824 for the Xeon with the same cache, according to the market sources. Intel, Santa Clara, has publicly disclosed plans for Tanner and Cascades, but not their specific speeds or prices beyond the introduction of Tanner at 500MHz. An Intel spokesman declined to comment on future development or the road map details. Intel executives have said they plan to follow up Merced's introduction with the McKinley introduction in late 2001. The company has not disclosed the projected clock speeds of either processor, but has described McKinley as targeting 1GHz and beyond and offering "twice the performance" of Merced. Intel's plans for a 64-bit architecture certainly have not deterred its competitors in the high end of the chip market. Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp. has said it is forging ahead with its Alpha processor road map and plans to release its next-generation Alpha processor in 2000. Some analysts have described the Alpha 21364, which will target clock speeds of more than 1GHz when it is launched, as a potentially tough competitor for Merced. As it heads to expand its reach in the workstation and server markets, Intel said it is addressing a problem involving some of its SE440BX-2 motherboards, which it began shipping Oct. 1. The motherboards are used in desktop systems with Pentium II processors. A glitch can occur when the motherboards are used in computers with certain power supplies and a user unplugs the system, an Intel spokesman said. When the user plugs the computer back in, it may not turn on again. The problem does not occur if the user just turns off the power switch on the computer, the spokesman said. Intel discovered the problem Oct. 23 and fixed it, he said. All of the boards shipping now are not affected; the spokesman declined to say exactly how many boards had the flaw but said it was a relatively small amount. Intel notified its OEMs regarding the problem and has a test immediately available for them to check whether or not their motherboards are affected. The problem can be fixed by adding bypass capacitors on the motherboard that will prevent power-supply electrical signals from reprogramming the flash device on the motherboard, the company said. If the flash device is reprogrammed, it can cause the computer not to reboot. Intel said it advises end users who think they have the problem to contact their place of purchase. Copyright ® 1998 CMP Media Inc.