1998 research cohort / CPU
Intel · sku unresolved
L3 · reviewed discrepancyIntel Pentium II Xeon processor 450 MHz is recorded in the 1998 CPU research cohort under Intel. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
Intel targets mission-critical demanding applications in two-way workstations and servers
Intended users: dual-processor workstation and server customers
Engineering response: 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon with 512 KB L2 and 440GX support
Intel Announces Fastest Pentium II Xeon Processor · lines 4-11
Intel explicitly names the two-way server/workstation segment and mission-critical applications.
Four-way availability is deferred to 1999; no neutral benchmark attached.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Identity and announcement are supported, but whether announcement plus planned shipment satisfies the cohort event rule remains unresolved.
Intel Corporation · lines 4-11
Intel's dated release calls 450 MHz the fastest speed version, identifies two-way workstations/servers, states planned later-October system shipments, and places four-way availability in early 1999.
Keep the record because its documented specifications and design contribute to the database while announcement versus shipment remains open.
What would resolve it: Contemporary documentary or verified attributable evidence establishing actual 1998 shipment or commercial availability and the applicable product/SKU scope.
Qualifying event policy, actual first shipment, cache/SKU scope.
Xeon 450 has an exact October 6 announcement but only planned two-way system shipments later in October; four-way availability is stated for early 1999. Announcement and planned shipment must not be converted into completed 1998 commercial availability.
Audit source · lines 4-11
Intel calls the event an announcement and distinguishes planned two-way system shipments from early-1999 four-way availability.
Follow-up: Keep the record review-required until a human chooses whether announcement plus planned 1998 system shipment meets the cohort event rule or later evidence establishes a completed qualifying event.
The expanded cohort spans component introductions; system availability; boxed channels; mobile OEM modules; upgrade reseller availability; and planned system shipments. These are legitimate segment-specific facts but no single availability event can be assumed equivalent across all records.
Audit source · lines 17-22
Intel itself distinguishes introduction from availability in the next few weeks for Celeron 266; the same event-typing separation is required across the expanded cohort.
Follow-up: Maintain typed event and channel fields through human review; do not rank or filter records by a single unqualified release-date column.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
Intel Corporation ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Intel Corporation ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Typed events: product announcement/introduction is exact on 1998-10-06; Intel says two-way system vendors plan to ship later that month, while four-way 450 MHz processors are stated as available in early 1999. A 512 KB L2 cache price is named; broader SKU/cache scope remains unknown.