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John Ngai writes:

> Does anyone know anything about the so-called P24T processor from Intel. I
> saw ads from Zeos that claim the P24T as an upgrade path to the P5 technology.
> Aout the only thing they say in the ad is that it will come in a 240 pin
> socket. So can someone who knows more help shed some light on this.....

I noted this as a product differentiator between the ZEOS and Gateway2000
machines.  When pressed on this feature, the Gateway2000 representative I
spoke to said something like:

      "ZEOS [and the others] doesn't have [the capability to plug in Intel's
       P5 derivative] either.  You need to call Intel and get the lowdown
       on that."

I imagine that the P24T is to the P5 what the 386SX is to the 386DX (if it
ever is built).  I.E. while both 386's were 32-bit chips, the SX had a 16-bit
external data path (but still a 32-bit address path).  I imagine the P24T
would internally be a 64-bit chip but externally have "only" a 32-bit data
path.  I wonder about the size of the address path (in either the P24T or P5).