Chuck,
A must read article from Infoworld -
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Barrett says Intel learned from Pentium III spat
By Juan Carlos P‚rez, InfoWorld Electric, Posted at 9:09 AM PT, Oct 12, 1999
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Intel learned a big lesson from the controversy that followed the introduction of its Pentium III processor this year: People like having options.
"We came away from that whole episode with one deep-rooted learning: The most important thing is to give end-users control and choice over whether to be private or secure," said Craig Barrett, Intel's president and chief executive officer, Tuesday at Gartner Group's Symposium/ITxpo '99 here. ... CUT ...
"What I learned is there are people who feel very strongly about privacy and people who feel very strongly about security, and that they don't talk to one another," Barrett said during a short question-and-answer session held after his presentation at the event this morning. ... CUT ...
As Intel moves into these new markets, the company will succeed insofar as it stays focused on its goals and not so much on the new competitors it will face, he said. ... CUT ...
As more people gain access to high-bandwidth connections, the need for processors that can handle an intense flow of graphics and data streams will increase, Barrett said, when asked if graphics capabilities now in Intel processors are currently under-utilized.
On a related note, he said the U.S. government has begun to realize that limits on exporting encryption products is detrimental to the development of e-commerce, and that many lawmakers have started to re-examine their positions on this issue.
Asked to comment about Intel's relationship with Microsoft, Barrett said it is "excellent" but that it doesn't preclude Intel from working with non-Microsoft operating systems. For example, Intel has invested in Linux companies and is working with the operating system because a significant number of its clients -- particularly ISPs -- are interested in this open-source operating system, Barrett said.
Internally, Intel's electronic design team has started using Linux, and Barrett said that he has begun to notice Linux competing with Microsoft's Windows NT within his organization.
Barrett also said that Java's role will be mostly as a tool to create interfaces that link legacy, back-end databases with Web front ends. ... CUT ...
Barrett also predicted that Intel will ship a 1-GHz chip in the second half of 2000, but that increasingly, speed alone is not the most important thing in chip performance, and other factors, such as floating-point calculations and graphics acceleration, are also key.
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