On 12 Dec 98 at 10:18, Bill Nussbaumer wrote:

> PGA 370 appears to be some new format for celeron that is
> compatible with a new 440ZX66 chipset, it sounds like it is geared
> to low end systems but I can't really figure out where they are
> going with the celeron line.  The Celeron 266 - 333 will fit in
> slot 1.  However, according to this months issue of Maximum PC the
> new 450 and 500 MHz Katamai processors due out early next year will
> also be compatible with the Slot 1 format and the 440BX chipset, so
> it sounds to me like slot 1 isn't dead yet.  I have heard of slot 2
> ... is this for the Xenon processors and geared at servers?  Not
> sure.

  Yes, Slot 2 is for Xeon.  Intel plans to split the market three
ways:  Celeron in PGA 370, Katmai in Slot 1, and Xeon in Slot 2.

David G

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