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To: Elmer who wrote (76315)	3/14/1999 7:08:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Elmer - Re: "I suspect Intel has very limited binsplit to 550Mhz so they go into Xeons where the BIG $$$s are. " Good point. With XEON pricing being what it is, the "demand" will be limited. Once Intel increases the 550 MHz portion of their bin splits, as you noted, general Pentium III availability will occur. Too bad that the fastest CPU that the world needs is the current top of the AMD line ! Paul

To: Elmer who wrote (76315)	3/14/1999 7:36:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer & Intel Investors - 550 MHz Servers from IBM & Compaq are to be Announced this weeks. This confirms your post regarding 550 MHz Pentium III Xeons. Note also the discussion of 8-WAY Servers using these Pentium III Xeon CPUs. Nothing like 8 XEONS flying out the door at $3000+ a piece ! Paul {=============================} techweb.com March 15, 1999, Issue: 725 Section: Top Of The Week Compaq, IBM each prep clustering for NT -- Microsoft A Partner on Separate Objects Mary Hayes with Tom Davey Compaq and IBM are competing for a leadership role in the development of more-powerful Windows NT servers. Both vendors are working with Microsoft on projects for advancing technology for NT clusters, and both have solidified plans for eight-processor Wintel servers expected to ship this summer. By June, IBM plans to deliver a Microsoft-certified extension to Microsoft Cluster Server that lets users cluster up to eight IBM Netfinity systems for load balancing, data sharing, and failover using a Fibre Channel interconnect, according to sources. "There's definitely a need for this type of clustering," says Tony Iams, an analyst with D.H. Brown Associates, though he's skeptical that IBM has done much actual development of the technology so far. Compaq and Microsoft signed a clustering co-development agreement last fall. In April, they'll present a road map for delivering advanced clustering. The focus will be on standard technology to be available to all server vendors. Meanwhile, IBM is planning an eight-way Pentium Xeon system that corrects up to 8 bits of memory at a time, reducing the risk of crashes due to memory failures. Compaq is designing a rack-mounted eight-way server. Both vendors' units will support up to 16 Gbytes of memory. Digex, an Internet service provider, is eager for eight-way processing. "We have over 35 implementations of SAP for E-commerce sites, all on Compaq NT boxes," says Bobby Patrick, VP of marketing and product development. "Adding more CPU horsepower will help customers tremendously." IBM and Compaq this week will also unveil four-way servers using the 550-MHz Pentium III Xeon, which Intel is debuting along with a 500-MHz Xeon CPU. IBM's 5500M20 starts at about $8,500, and its high-end 7000M10 is about $10,500. Compaq will use a 550-MHz chip in up to four-way ProLiant 6000, 6500, and 7000 models; starting prices range from $9,943 to $21,193. Copyright ® 1999 CMP Media Inc.