Volgens dit nieuwsbericht bij The Register zal op 16 mei de 550MHz versie van de PIII gereleased worden. Tegelijkertijd zal de prijs van de PIII-450 en 500 worden gedropt. Hier is de sauce:
The 500MHz PIII will fall from $637 to $482, and the 450MHz Pentium III from $411 to $268.The Pentium II family shows all the signs of packing up its bags for the trans-Siberian train to Intel's gulag.
The 350MHz Pentium II will, essentially, die on the journey. Its price will be $163 for the second price round in a row, while the PII/450 will cost $268 and the PII/400 $193. Because the Pentium III/450 costs $268 from May 16, it's gulag time for its Pentium II equivalent.
