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- From: S3679988@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (S3679988)
- Subject: Re: FYI: Availability 586, 486 DX2 66 Mhz
- In-Reply-To: Jeff's message of Mon, 10 Aug 1992 19:53:29 EDT
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 21:52:58 GMT
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- In <92223.195329JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu> Jeff writes:
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- > I spent some time on the phone with Intel today. They said the 586 would not be
- > available until sometime first quarter 1993. They said the chip was being
- > retooled for easier manufacturability (sp?).
- >
- > Intel publicly announced the 66 Mhz DX2 486 chip today. This is the clock
- > doubled version of the 33Mhz 486. Intel says it will take about 1 month
- > to "stock the channel" to get chips into vendor motherboards.
- >
- > I asked about 100Mhz DX2 chips. The guy said Intel has made no public
- > announcements regarding these chips.
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- jeesh...should've asked about a DX3/99 or is that just a pipe dream ;)
-
- -- craig
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