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NEWS : Future Chips

Upcoming Processors From AMD and Intel
Processor	Availability	Clock Speed	Target
K6-2	4^th Quarter 98	400 Mhz	Desktop
K6-3	1^st Quarter 99	450 Mhz	Desktop
Celeron	1^st Quarter 99	366 Mhz	Desktop
Katmai	1^st Quarter 99	450 Mhz	Desktop
K7	1^ST Half 99	500 Mhz	Desktop/Server
Tanner	1^st Half 99	500 Mhz	Workstation
Coppermine	2^nd Half 99	600 Mhz	Desktop
Cascades	2^nd Half 99	600 Mhz	Servers
Merced	2000	800 Mhz	Servers
Willamette	2001	1000 Mhz	Desktop
Foster	2001	1000 Mhz	Workstations
McKinley	2001	1000 Mhz	Servers

Facts about some of future processors

K6-2

400 Mhz & 380 Mhz
A new core, maybe a stronger FPU
9.3M Transistors
64 KB L1 Cache ( 32K Code, 32K Data )
Projected Price upon release -->
$170 for the 380
$250 for the 400
95 Mhz Bus for the 380

K6-3

350 Mhz to 500 Mhz
Motherboard Level 3 Cache
21.3M Transistors
256k Level 2 Cache running at full processor speed
Rumours --> Last AMD processor to be priced 25% less than a similarly clocked Intel Chip.
Will fit into any Super7 Motherboard

K7

500+ Mhz, Bus Speed 200 Mhz, L2 Cache 512k-8MB --> 1st Half 1999
1000 Mhz, Bus Speed upto 400 Mhz, L2 Cache 512K-8MB --> 2000
Slot A, physically compatible with the Slot 1
Will be manufactured intially on a 0.25 then a 0.18 process
Will not be priced 25% less than a similarly clocked Intel Chip.

Katmai

Will ship with KNI( MMX-2 )
100 Mhz Bus
32 KB L1 Cache
512 KB L2 Onchip Cache
Projected Price upon release -->
$570 for the 450
$810 for the 500
Slot 1

Coppermine

733 Mhz
133 Mhz Bus
Slot 1
0.18 micron manufacturing process

Note : This page will continually be updated as more information, about these future chips, will be available by AMD and other companies. IDT, Cyrix and Rise chips will be added to this list soon.