Eventually, the cheaper packaging will extend to the entire line. AMD will no doubt attempt to reduce costs as well, Gwennap and others have noted. Nominal cuts were made to earlier Pentium III and Pentium II chips. Pentium III mobile chips, which are also based around the Coppermine design, came out yesterday. AMD has not yet released Athlon for mobile systems.
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