Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 11:42:46 07/11/98
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On July 10, 1998 at 15:19:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. The announced price for the Xeon with 2MB of L2 cache was $4500. Before any Xeons went on sale, Intel responded to complaints from Compaq, Dell, etc. and lowered the 2MB version price to $3650 in quantities of 1000. kp
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