The following is a detailed breakdown of the systems Intel is planning for each segment of their workstation processor and chipset market. All system prices are without a monitor.
Tech Computer Workstation (Quad Capable)
Price Range: >$7500
CPU;Clock/Bus Speed/Cache/Motherboard Chipset by Quarter:
- Q1 2000: Pentium III Xeon 550MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
- Q2 2000: Pentium III Xeon 550MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Pentium III Xeon 700MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Pentium III Xeon 800MHz/100MHz/2M/450NX chipset
- Q3 2000: Pentium III Xeon 700MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Pentium III Xeon 800MHz/100MHz/2M/450NX chipset
Itanium Introduction 733MHz/100MHz/4M/460GX
Phase out Pentium III Xeon 550MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
- Q4 2000: Itanium 733MHz/2.1 GBps FSB/4M/460GX
Introduction Itanium 800MHz/2.1 GBps FSB/Itanium 800MHz/2.1GBps FBS/4M/460GX
Pentium III Xeon 9xxMHz/100MHz/2M/450NX chipset
Pentium III Xeon >700MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Phase out Pentium III Xeon 700MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Phase out Pentium III Xeon 800MHz/100MHz/2M/450NX chipset
- Q1 2001: Itanium 800MHz/2.1 GBps FSB/Itanium 800MHz/2.1GBps FBS/4M/460GX
Phase out Pentium III Xeon 9xxMHz/100MHz/2M/450NX chipset
Phase out Pentium III Xeon >700MHz/100MHz/1M or 2M/450NX chipset
Introduction Foster 1.4GHz/256K L2 and 256K, 512K or 1M IL3/Colusa chipset
- Q2 2001: Itanium 800MHz/2.1 GBps FSB/Itanium 800MHz/2.1GBps FBS/4M/460GX
Foster 1.4GHz/256K L2 and 512K or 1M IL3/Colusa chipset
- 2H 2001: Introduction McKinley/i870
Foster 1.4GHz/256K L2 and 512K or 1M IL3/Colusa chipset
This market will see the best of all of Intel's CPUs, mostly in quad-CPU systems. Large cache Xeons deliver heavy-duty performance right now and will be replaced by Foster. The Itanium will replace Xeon systems in many cases, but also opens up a whole new high-end workstation market to Intel products.