GA-Source heeft een artikel over de nieuwe processors en chipsets die Intel de komende maanden zal releasen. In totaal gaat het om maar liefst 13 nieuwe produkten:
The 820 chip set will debut, along with two new Pentium III processors, a 533MHz Pentium III and a 600MHz Pentium III chip, on Sept. 27, sources said. The chips, which support the 133MHz bus, will be based on the current .25 micron Pentium III design.Intel is planning to follow those Pentium IIIs quickly with the Oct. 25 launch of six new desktop Pentium III processors, based on its Coppermine technology. Coppermine is the code-name for Pentium III chips manufactured on Intel's 0.18 micron process. The new manufacturing process will help Intel reduce the Coppermine Pentium III's voltage consumption and heat production, versus current .25 micron Pentium IIIs. It will also lead to smaller die-size, allowing the integration of 256KB of integrated cache with desktop Pentium III chips. Mobile Pentium II chips already offer this feature.
Of the six new Coppermine-based desktop Pentium III chips, all are designed for use with the 820 chip set, and three, including a 500MHz, 550MHz and 600MHz, will be for use with a 100MHz bus, sources said.
Three more, a 600MHz, a 650MHz and a 667MHz, will support either a 100MHz or 133MHz bus, sources said. Intel may release a 700MHz in place of the 667MHz, sources said, however this was unclear at press time.
Op 25 oktober zal ook de release van een drietal nieuwe mobile PIII's (400, 450 en 500MHz) plaatsvinden. 600, 650 en 700Mhz 'Geyserville' mobile's volgen in 2000.
Details over de nieuwe chip releases zal volgende week tijdens het Intel Developer Conference in Palm Springs bekend gemaakt worden.
