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To: Scumbria who wrote (81054)	5/17/1999 1:37:00 PM
From: Saturn V	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria and Amy, When Intel supposedly retired the Pentium MMX, it implied that henceforth it would be used as an embedded processor.[ All obsolete Intel processors end up as embedded chips, ie the processor is used as a cell, and is integrated with other functions to reduce system cost]. May be for the set top box the Pentium MMX is integrated with the necessary support chips on to a single die. This would allow the low costs needed for the settop box market. The first few systems could use existing chips for prototyping and for market research.

To: Scumbria who wrote (81054)	5/17/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, Re: "The MediaGX includes integrated graphics, audio, and chipset in a very small die. There is no way that Intel can sell Pentium MMX systems at a profit which compete against the tiny MediaGX, because of the manufacturing/package/test costs for multiple chips in the Pentium system." The Gx was a two chip set I believe. Now with integrated chip sets folks are still coming down to a 2 chip set. Regards, Kash

To: Scumbria who wrote (81054)	5/17/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Re: "The MediaGX includes integrated graphics, audio, and chipset in a very small die. " Last I heard, the MEdiaGX was a TWO CHIP deal - one made by Cyrix, the other an ASIC fabbed by Toshiba - the Cx5510 - which handles the audio functions as well as PCI-ISA bridge functions. Paul