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Subject: Re: Cool AMD 450 Mhz....

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:19:14 07/10/98

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On July 10, 1998 at 11:22:19, Paul Massie wrote:

>
>>>snipsnip
>>
>>
>>But the Intel (slot-2) is coming, will it out-perform AMD?
>>
>>Maybe, but certainly not in price. The last I read the chip will cost $4500.
>>
>>I pity Intel :)
>>
>>- Ed -
>>
>The price isn't that high - Dell Computer is advertising and has for sale now a
>dual-processor 400mhz XEON machine with 128MB RAM and 9GB SCSI drive for $6152,
>minus the monitor.
>
>Paul

That's the "baby" xeon with 512kb L2 cache.  The 2 meg L2 cache chip is not yet
shipping, but distributors are being told to expect a price of around $4,800 per
chip in quantities of 1,000.  *very* pricey, but it should scream.




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