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elmo@ns.nst (Elmo D. Rothrock) wrote:


>That's one conclusion, but not the only one. It may be that they want
>to target 2 different markets. The single package version is best
>suited for high end applications. The off-package level 2 version
>would be a better choice for the desktop. Intel has made it quite
>clear that they are going at the highend server market and they will
>continue to make and upgrade the single package version.

Just been to an intel conference.
They push the PPro on chip L2 cache to allow multiprocessors to run
without  sharing cache, therefore no big performance hit when adding
processors.

Also they pushed cache on a stick, which allows you to change l2 cache
on board like simms ram.

PPro for multiprocessors with l2 on chip makes sense, with a cut down
version without l2 on chip for home users maybe.  But then such a chip
would be too much the cyrix 686 for intels comfort.....