Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/10/14/pentium_iii_to_get_new/
Pentium III to get new core
Pity it's the same one that caused the 1.13GHz recall
Posted in Channel, 14th October 2000 08:43 GMT
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According to ixbt labs (http://www.ixbt-labs.com/), Intel is about to revamp its PIII Slot One chips ranging from 600 to 933MHz with the cC0 core used in the flip chip variants of the processor.
The C stepping is around five per cent smaller than the cB0 currently used, making it both more economical to manufacture and more stable at high clock speeds.
The tragically short-lived and now airbrushed-out-of-history 1.13GHz PIII used the same C stepping, although Intel maintains the instability problems exhibited at speeds in excess of 1GHz will not occur at lower frequencies. ®
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