Amy - Re: "Have you seen any more PR/comments/endorsements on i810?"
Yep - here's Two more !
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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.
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theregister.co.uk
Posted 23/04/99 6:14pm by John Lettice
Linux already running on Merced, says Intel CEO
Linux is already up and running on Merced, according to Intel CEO Craig Barrett. And putting further flesh on what Microsoft might interpret as some kind of pincer movement strategy, Barrett adds that he expects the low-cost, low-resource StrongARM chip to become optimised for Linux and other (i.e., non-Microsoft) operating systems.
Barrett let both of these slip during an Intel analysts meeting earlier this week. It's not clear how much of the Linux optimisation for StrongARM Intel itself is getting involved in, but it seems likely that Merced partner Hewlett-Packard is doing at least some of the leg-work on Linux for Merced. Barrett claims Merced already has support from eight operating systems, but his putting Linux up there indicates something of a change in Intel's previous stated policies for the OS.
When Intel put money into Red Hat and started making positive noises about Linux last year it seemed to envisage Linux and Intel as an ideal combination for smaller, high volume servers. But by giving it early support and encouragement on Merced, Intel will be helping position Linux further upscale, in the direction of large enterprises.
Another Intel announcement from the analysts meeting however makes it clear the company has an immediate interest in robust, highly-scalable server operating systems. It's planning a series of Internet data centres at $50-100 million a pop. These will house between 2,000 and 5,000 servers, the idea being that Intel will provide content hosting and management for ISPs. The first centre opens in June, with Excite as the customer. The chosen software has not as yet been revealed, but it should be worth looking out for.
Also worth watching for will be Intel VP Sean Maloney's keynote at ISPCon in Baltimore on Tuesday. He's due to announce a "major sales programme for ISPs," which is no doubt related to the one Intel just told the analysts about. But Intel chose ISPCon last autumn to make several Linux-related announcements, so watch this space? ®
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