My understanding is that they are fabricated using a .18 micron process
rather than the .25 that is used now...

Higher clock rates at lower temperatures/voltages are the main advantages of
this...as for the architecture, I don't believe there is any difference,
although I have heard rumors that 1 133 FSB might be supported, but Intel
seems to favor rambus memory over sdram, so who knows until they confirm
it...

Brad


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what exactly is coppermine how is different from a PIII with the same
speed. are there any new improvment to the architecture.

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