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In article <4d4omk$otj@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
Glue) wrote:

> On 11 Jan 1996 09:04:09 -0800, curt@beowulf.jpl.nasa.gov (Curt
> Eggemeyer) wrote:
> 
> >The Pentium Pro's maybe faster in some respect, but they don't compete
> >with the powerPC chips when it comes to production costs. In the end
> >Intel will have to reduce their massive transistor count if they hope
> >to remain competitive with the other cpu producers.
> 
> Really.  How do you know this?  Do you work on both lines?  Intel's
> profit margins are VERY high.  For such high production costs, that
> would seem strange, wouldn't it?

Well, PC Week just stated that Intel is releasing a chip code-named
Klamath which will be a Pentium Pro w/o the cache module. This reduces the
transister count by 75 or 80% if I remember correctly. So, Curt seems to
be correct.

BTW, "sources" claim that Klamath will  still be faster than the fastest
Pentium. No other performance details were available and Intel declined to
comment on rumors.

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Regards,       Joe Ragosta

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