A nice interview with Gordon Moore. As always Gordon is the master of understatement
chicagotribune.com
"Q--What are the reasons for Intel's recent nose dive on Wall Street?
A--A lot of the stocks went through evaluations, and it was kind of hard to justify on conventional grounds. One time last summer, Intel was second only to GE in market capitalization in the world. We passed the half-trillion-dollar mark briefly. And, frankly, it's kind of hard to come up with a scenario that justifies a half-trillion-dollar price for Intel.
Q--What problems does Intel face among investors?
A--People are fairly discouraged about the prospects for the so-called PC market, really all of computing, because it did slow down at the end of last year. I personally think this is a temporary deal, that computing is such a fundamental part of our society ... but it'll take a while to get the confidence and the market growth back.
Q--Has Intel, which has always made its mark in coming out with better and faster processors, reached the end of that line?
A--There are certainly major portions of the market that are starved for performance, and I suspect as we see some of the new consumer software come on over the next few years, we'll see a resurgence, increased interest and more computing power for the consumer.
Q--For what kind of applications?
A--Well, every time there's a new operating system, it slows things down enough that more computing power is required. Essentially, non-conventional digital data, images, music, all that kind of stuff, can take quite a bit of computing power.
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