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To: Scumbria who wrote (45470)	1/11/1999 3:03:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572910

Scumbria - Re: " The dirty little secret of the CPU business is that nobody knows how to significantly increase desktop system performance anymore." Compaq disagrees with you ! Paul {=========================} biz.yahoo.com Monday January 11, 1:08 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Compaq To Bring Intel Pentium III Processor To Market Across Multiple Platforms HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 1999--Fulfilling its commitment of delivering the best IT solutions to enterprise, Small and Medium Business, and consumer customers, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ - news) today announced its support of Intel® Pentium® III processor. Compaq will make the Pentium III processor available in the Deskpro, ProLiant, Prosignia, Armada, Professional Workstations AP line and Presario product lines following delivery of the new processor by Intel. The new processor will ensure that Compaq customers have the highest processing power -- up to 500 MHz. ''Compaq's strategic partnership with Intel enables Compaq to deliver the latest advances in processing to its customers, at the earliest possible moment,'' said Enrico Pesatori, senior vice president of corporate marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation. ''The rapid inclusion of the Pentium III processor in our product lines is another example of Compaq's industry leadership and commitment to providing our customers with the best global IT solutions.'' Company Background: Compaq is the worldwide market share leader in commercial desktops. Over the past 15 years, Compaq's award-winning Deskpro systems have received numerous accolades from all industry-leading publications. Founded in 1982, Compaq is a Fortune Global 100 company. It is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. For more corporate information, see compaq.com. Compaq, Deskpro, ProLiant, Prosignia, Armada, Professional Workstation AP, and Presario, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Intel and Pentium III are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. Contact: Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston Simon Eastwick, 281/514-2702 Simon.Eastwick@Compaq.com or Shandwick International, Houston Keith Pillow, 281/514-7014 Keith.Pillow@Compaq.com

To: Scumbria who wrote (45470)	1/11/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1572910

Scumbria - Re: " The dirty little secret of the CPU business is that nobody knows how to significantly increase desktop system performance anymore. " And Silicon Graphics Disagrees with you ! Paul {=============================} infoworld.com SGI unveils new Windows NT workstations By Nancy Weil InfoWorld Electric Posted at 8:06 AM PT, Jan 11, 1999 Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) is entering the Windows NT workstation market, announcing Monday the first two machines in a new line designed for creative and technical visual workers. The "visual workstations," as SGI calls them, will run on Intel processors and allow high-end visual computing with professional graphics and media capabilities, the company said Monday in a written announcement. The SGI 320 will start at $3,395 and is expected to ship next month. It will run on one or two Pentium II 450-MHz processors and will include up to 1GB of error-correcting code (ECC) synchronous DRAM memory, depending on the configuration. The workstation will ship with three PCI expansion slots, two storage bays, an integrated floppy drive, a CD-ROM, and a hard drive of up to 14.4GB. The SGI 540 will start at $5,995 and is due to ship in the second half of this year. It will be configured with up to four Pentium II Xeon 450-MHz processors with 512KB, 1MB, or 2MB of Level 2 cache and up to 2GB of ECC SDRAM memory. The 540 will ship with six PCI expansion slots, three storage bays, an integrated floppy drive, a CD-ROM, and a 9GB 7,200-rpm Ultra2 SCSI disk drive, upgradable to 10,000-rpm in either 9GB or 18GB. The workstation line features SGI's Integrated Visual Computing architecture, which takes features that usually require add-in cards and integrates them into the Cobalt Graphics chip set, the company said. Besides announcing the workstations, SGI also said that it is providing improved sales and support for its workstations. The company has expanded sales channels by adding VARS, and is selling its NT products on the Internet. Silicon Graphics Inc., in Mountain View, Calif., can be reached at www.sgi.com. Nancy Weil is a Boston correspondent for the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate. 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.