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To: kapkan4u who wrote (67679)	8/4/1999 11:26:00 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 1574386

Re: each and every processor was able to reach at least 660MHz That contradicts the experience of c't magazine (that the 600 was pretty borderline) - it would have been nice if they'd been a little clearer on what they meant by "sufficient cooling", just a bigger fan, a dual peltier setup, or something extreme? Dan

To: kapkan4u who wrote (67679)	8/4/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574386

Man, Wen-Chi Chen is smart! Absolutely brilliant strategy, IMHO. *************************** VIA Technologies to Acquire IDT's Centaur Design Subsidiary Companies to Cross-License Technology SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1999--VIA Technologies, Inc. and IDT, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDTI - news) today announced they have signed a letter of commitment for VIA to acquire certain assets of IDT's Centaur design subsidiary, including intellectual property (IP) related to WinChip microprocessor technology and the x86 microprocessor design team located in Austin, Texas. This agreement follows the July 14, 1999 announcement that IDT will exit the x86 microprocessor market. ''VIA's acquisition of IDT's Centaur design subsidiary further solidifies our design capability in the x86 arena,'' said Wen-Chi Chen, President of VIA Technologies. ''This represents an exciting step forward in our vision to connect with our industry partners.'' ''We are pleased that VIA values the considerable intellectual property, products and design team embodied in IDT's Centaur design subsidiary,'' said Len Perham, CEO of IDT. ''This transaction will complete IDT's exit from the x86 market that was announced last month. It will enable IDT to intensify its focus on the company's core communications business.'' VIA and IDT have also entered into a patent cross-license agreement, allowing each company to utilize IP covered by the other's patents, including those Centaur patents acquired by VIA in the above transaction. This cross license extends over the life of these patents. About VIA Founded in 1987, VIA Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, designs, engineers and manufactures cost-effective, highly integrated, high functionality system logic chipsets and associated peripherals for manufacturers of desktop and portable PC systems. About IDT IDT enables a digitally connected world by providing innovative semiconductor solutions to leading-edge system designers in communications and computing. IDT's broad product mix consists of communications memories, networking devices, RISC microprocessors, high-speed SRAMs, high-performance logic and clock management products. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company employs approximately 4,700 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in California, Oregon, the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia. IDT stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol ''IDTI.'' Additional information about IDT is easily accessible through the Web (www.idt.com), CD-ROM by calling 800/345-7015 or via fax-on-demand at 800/9-IDT-FAX. The investor hotline is 408/654-6420. Forward-looking statements in this release involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product demand, manufacturing, capacity and costs, competition, pricing, patent and other intellectual property rights of third parties, timely development and supply of new products and manufacturing processes, availability of capital, cash flow and other risk factors detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from the Company's projections.

To: kapkan4u who wrote (67679)	8/4/1999 11:40:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574386

Re: "AMD has shown that their processor can stay at least one speed stepping above Intel's best effort" AMD has shown? They haven't got a product on the market yet and these idiots think they know what the future holds. For those who remember the K6 introduction, there were bold claims until the rubber met the road and AMD had to deliver. Despite the hype and euphoria, the reality was AMD fell flat on it's face. The BS floating around now is strangely reminiscent of that time. These guys are living in a dream world if they think they can make those kind of statements when there is no data whatsoever to prove the manufacturability of this part at even 500MHz. Dream on guys... dream on. EP