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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (79887)	4/23/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Ten - Re: "Actually, Paul, we won't see Whitney chipsets out in the market until June. The "announcement" comes Monday. " This "behavior" never bothered the AMDroids - so it shouldn't bother us. If Intel is NOW shipping the i810 Whitney to customers, it's a done deal. Paul

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (79887)	4/23/1999 6:32:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Ten - i810 DETAILS - they have a neat Display Cache INTERFACE ! One version of the chip set, 810-DC (Display Cache) will allow system vendors to connect directly to video RAM, as high as 6MB. "For example, Dell will ship the 466-MHz Celeron systems with the 810-DC chip set with 4MB of discrete video memory that "hangs off" the chip set bus, according to Bill Peterson, director of OptiPlex marketing for Dell. " This WHITNEY chip set seems to have a FEW PLEASANT SURPRISES ! Paul {=============================} infoworld.com Intel Celeron gaining more performance By Ephraim Schwartz InfoWorld Electric Posted at 1:00 PM PT, Apr 23, 1999 Intel on Monday will announce the next iteration of its low-cost Celeron processor -- a 466-MHz version -- but will save for later the unveiling of a more versatile 810 core logic chip set for the processor. For the first time, the chip set will include integrated video, eliminating the need to support video with either a more costly video card or a discrete video chip. The 810 chip set will also include Direct AGP, an AGP-class product that will offer users high quality video in a low-cost system. One version of the chip set, 810-DC (Display Cache) will allow system vendors to connect directly to video RAM, as high as 6MB. For example, Dell will ship the 466-MHz Celeron systems with the 810-DC chip set with 4MB of discrete video memory that "hangs off" the chip set bus, according to Bill Peterson, director of OptiPlex marketing for Dell. To drive more cost out of the system, Intel also will offer the new Celeron in a package that is socketed in the motherboard rather than in a Slot 1 form factor. The 810 chip set will also support current 66-MHz front-side bus and 100-MHz front-side bus when Celeron scales to that performance level later this year. Early systems deploying the 466-MHz processor will not include the 810 chip set or any of its new features. "We are going to wait for the 810 before we release [a system]" said Will Townsend, manager of Deskpro platform marketing at Compaq. "We feel the 810 is a more mainstream solution, the future platform that Celeron is built upon." There are other benefits to those who wait for the new chip set to ship, according to Townsend. The chip set will support current 66-MHz front-side cache as well as 100-MHz front-side cache when that becomes available for the new processors later this year. "There is more longevity and more investment protection [with the 810,]" Townsend said. The Celeron systems are gaining corporate users, according to Dell's Peterson, who says Celerons have a place in the enterprise for applications that are not expected to change over time in terms of needing operating system or hardware upgrades. "Office 2000 will run solidly on a Celeron platform," Peterson said. "However, if there is additional headroom beyond Office, or a plan to multitask with other applications, then our [Dell's] recommendation is to use a Pentium III." Dell expects to ship systems with the 810-DC chip set by mid-year. Vendors offering systems prior to the 810 will include the less scalable ZX chip set, which one vendor described simply as a time to market vehicle. Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif., is at www.intel.com. Compaq Computer Corp., in Houston, is at www.compaq.com. Dell Computer Corp., in Austin, Texas is at www.dell.com. InfoWorld Editor at Large Ephraim Schwartz is based in San Francisco. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Deputy News Editor, Carolyn April Copyright © 1999 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.