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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (42592)	12/2/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1574005

Kevin - Re: " So where can I buy my .18u Celeron? I want to overclock it before Intel puts a lock on all their products." That's a good question - and I'll tell you why. Several months back, Intel did a quick and dirty "process shrink" on one of their CPUs to the 0.18 micron process. Being a "shrink", it only takes advantage of the smaller feature sizes of the 0.18 micron process - but DOES NOT utilize the 6'th level of metallization that is available on that process. I don't know yet what CPU was used for that project. My guess is that Intel will most likely make a "stealth" introduction of that device early next year - utilizing it's smaller die size and lower power (due to lower Vcc), as marketing and performance advantages. So, I hope you can wait until after Christmas, Kevin ! Paul