Worldwide "allocation" on 1.7 and 1.8 Dothan CPU's

[aamsel]

Several sales people at IBM told me today that there is a "worldwide allocation" on 1.7 and 1.8 GHz Dothan CPU's.
I was given times ranging from 20 days to 4-5 weeks for T42 delivery with one of these CPU's.

Anyone heard or confirmed the same, or is this unlikely.

They claimed that it is all manufacturers worldwide, not just IBM.

Only other thing could be that Intel is running out of Dothans, and switching over to Sonoma in a "wholesale" manner ???

Andrew
Austin, TX

[K. Eng]

I don't know if there's a shortage of Dothan Pentium Ms, but there has been a shortage of Sonoma platform components:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22222

Now that article only addresses problems with 915xM chipset supply, but I would not be surprised if demand for Dothan Pentium Ms is exceeding supply.

[RonS]

Funny, the faster versions seem to be readily available. I just ordered another T42p (2.1GHz) last Friday, and it shipped over the weekend.

[v_parthi]

Marketing factors are equally important. What happens if all Sonomas are available at no big price diff and high availability? All manufactired dothans are not sold then. Usually, you must add a delay time 3 or 4 months for a high availability & price rebate(just to avoid very high pricing from the first sellers and to spot the cheapest store) for the new ones.

The old ones (eg. dothan) would be expensive during the transition period.

[JohnV]

Well they said that to me the other day when we bought my wife a new T42. They said there was a 25 day lead time. Well it shipped in less than a week after ordering with a 1.8 processor.

John

[fbrdphreak]

I would say that they're (A) being conservative in their shipping estimates and (B) the CPU's between the 855 platform & 915 (Sonoma) are not different. Same CPU, different bus speed.

[GoEatFood]

I ordered a T42 on the 21st and they told me the same thing about the 5 week wait.

I was also told to call back in a week or two as the 5 week wait was tenitive and that it might already be shipped out sooner. I hope it gets here sooner as I'd hate to have to wait for 5 weeks.

he also, told me that even on 2.0 and 2.1 or 2.3 can't remember what it was but, there is a back order on those as well...he said to discuss options with who ever I speak with in two weeks to see if anything opens up...this was all done this morning.