Offical watch-group for Venice

[saiamne]

I agree, but there seems to be five resellers (via froogle) listing ADA3500DAA4BN, oem and retail box. Isn't BN definitely san diego? I wonder where they got this part number from.

My guess on this issue is that these retailers all use the same Distributor (see my earlier, lengthy post on the Distrabution process and why it's holding back Venice chips for more info). Their Distro has apparantly cleared enough Winchester stock to offer the Venice parts to these Retailers. In a recent catalog update (probably updated weekly/bi-weekly) they posted the Venice PN's as being in stock, ready to ship upon request. The Distributor most likely made an error listing the 3500+'s with the "BN" instead of the "BP". These retailers simply have data entry people that just cut/paste into their own databases. The DE personel don't know anything about CPUs or their respective PN's and simply typed out what their Distro sent them.

That's my best bet as to why "BN" 3500+'s are showing up