Re: [H] New Intel 775 Pin Motherboards

[Eli Allen]

It wasn't so much the die size overall as the PII had a larger die size 
overall (had a larger L2 cache then most PPros).  It was that the large 
single die was harder to produce then 2 smaller dies.  With the PPro if 
there was a problem with the CPU or the L2 cache both parts hard to be 
thrown out, but with the PII they could be tested individually so didn't 
have to throw out both.

So the real reason was more to improve the yield more then decrease the cost 
of a CPU.

----- Original Message ----- 
True. However, the size of the die was too large to make it economical for 
anything but server usage. (die size = $$$) Plus, the Pentium Pro's cache, 
as you state, was not integrated into the core so much as it was slapped 
into the die package. Therefore, it couldn't achieve the same benefits of 
a huge bus width and low latency that true integrated cache (first on the 
Celeron A of all things...) brought.

Greg