Tom's Blurb: The Intel Pentium II ('Klamath') CPU, Intel's Policy and the Competitor AMD with Its K6. tom. This socket was not licensed by Intel and hence AMD and Cyrix just had to apply to the Socket 7 specification and you could swap an Intel Pentium CPU against an AMD or Cyrix one. The Socket 8 specification for the Pentium Pro should be the first one licensed by Intel, so that Intel's competitors couldn't just built chips to fit in this socket as well. In this slot you can plug in the Pentium II, and if Intel's promises should be true, the next CPU type, the 'Deschutes', will fit into this socket as well. The Slot One is licensed by Intel and is meant to be the connection for the next future Intel CPUs....

Tom's Blurb: Intel's Press Incident and What Else You Should Know. tom. The Intel Press Incident, Strong Arm Tactics - The Best Way to Reign the Computer Industry? I also want to make clear that I don't have anything against Intel products. As soon as I get an Intel product that really amazes me, Intel will get an appropriate press....

Intel's Enemy No. 1: The AMD K6 CPU. intel. The AMD K5 CPU took too long to get ready and when it was released it was too late and too slow to compete against Intel's fast Pentium CPUs. The power of NexGen was meant to be the mother of AMD's upcoming K6 CPU and now the day has come to show the world how well this new CPU can compete with Intel's latest processors. AMD's K6 could be a serious problem for Intel's sovereignty on the computer market and I am here now to tell you how well the K6 is prepared to take on Intel. Will the K6 be faster than Intel's Pentium MMX or Pentium Pro?...

The Empire Strikes Back: Intel's Pentium II CPU. the empire strikes back. Since my first Klamath review Intel has certainly improved the chip itself, but also increased the clock rates up to now 300 MHz. Obviously Intel doesn't seem to plan higher bus speeds before the release of the next CPU, the Deschutes. The Performance Of The Intel Pentium II The Pentium II has now to compete against two CPUs. I'm sure that nobody is still thinking I'm any kind of close to Intel, but I have to say what's the truth here....

Since Intel doesn't have a Pentium II solution for server systems until 2nd quarter 1998, you will be able to get the Pentium Pro w/512 and 1MB L2 cache until this time....

Intel 440BX AGP Chipset - 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus. the chipset guide. Intel's BX chipset is the first PC chipset that is offering a system or front side bus that runs at 100 MHz and therefore enables a higher memory bandwidth as the common 66 MHz FSB used to. Intel 440BX AGPset The Intel 440BX AGPset is the first chip set to deliver 100 MHz system level bandwidth to unleash the full performance of the Intel Pentium II processors at 350 MHz or 400 MHz. Highest System Performance Through Technology Innovation The chip set features Intel's Quad Port Acceleration (QPA) to improve bandwidth between the Pentium II processor, the Accelerated Graphics Port, 100 MHz SDRAM and the PCI bus. Closing The Gap Between The Desktop And Mobile The Intel 440BX chip set architecture supports Mobile Intel Pentium II processor performance bringing desktop-like performance to mobile PCs....

• -Intel 440LX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus
• -Intel 440EX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus

Performance Preview - of Systems with Intel 440BX Chipset. performance preview. A quick look at Intel's latest road map and AMD's promises at CeBIT 97 leave no doubts that the times of 66 MHz system clock frequency, introduced with the birth of the Pentium processor, are going to be over soon. With Intel's Pentium II CPUs the story is a lot different, since the Pentium II has got a L2 cache that runs at half the CPU core clock and hence completely independently of the system clock. Now before you start wondering what this increase in system clock from 66 to 100 MHz for Pentium II systems, offered by Intel's upcoming 440BX chipset, is supposed to be good for, let me remind you of what I said about the limitations of AGP. This is another reason why the benchmark results of 100 MHz 'front bus' (the Intel term for 'system bus') systems are not even as high as in LX systems that are overclocked to 75 MHz front bus or more....

Intels New Blessings for the PC and More intels new blessings for the pc and more. It's nothing particular special either, but using this term makes some uninformed people believe that the overall transfer rate of Intel's 6th generation CPUs is double what it's in reality. The new Pentium II CPUs at 350 and 400 MHz are ready to kick some serious butt in the high end area, extending Intel's lead in CPU performance. If you are interested in some hard facts though, you may want to have a look at Intel's new prices....