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To: Charles R who wrote (70583)	9/1/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: Rick Jones	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573829

Never thought these folks were in the big leagues. RCC does seem to have accomplished a successful end-run around (maybe even through) Intel for the upcoming generation of Xeon SMP chipsets. I don't know how Intel let this one slip by, but the ship has left the dock for the next 12 months. Their steadfast commitment to RDRAM on the 820 desktop chipset has also left the door open for a number of alternatives (Via, SiS, etc)on the desktop front. I view this as both good and bad news for Intel and the customers. The good for Intel - There should always be good supply of chipsets in the market. They shouldn't get caught like they are now in a chipset squeeze while demand for PentiumIII is through the roof. Also, the competition should spur their chipset division to get their act together. The bad for Intel - revenue loss from a segment that they virtually owned for the last couple of years. Also, dilution of the rock solid standardization and compatibility of virtually all the motherboards based on their chipsets (also see bad for customers). The good for customers - OEM's get more choice/differentiation, businesses and consumers get more choice/differentiation. I really doubt if we will see much/any difference in price of a system (server or desktop) with a non-Intel chipset. The bad for customers - more differentiation usually equates to more compatibility issues. This equates to more support issues for the OEM's and more frustration for businesses and consumers. The myriad of super7 motherboards and chipsets and their individual "personalities" has created the aura of general instability around Cyrix and AMD based systems. This could now possibly happen to Intel after a couple of years of their "monopolistic, predatory, fraudulent, desperate, deceptive, illegal, dominating, house of cards, Ponzi scheming, incompatible, competition crushing, half-truth spreading, nonaccountable labor compensating, freedom and independence stifling, barely profitable" life without much chipset competition. Sorry about that last sentence, I seem to have caught Ali's peculiar strain of Tourette's Syndrome. Maybe he'll like me better now. I need my medication and a nap now... Rick

To: Charles R who wrote (70583)	9/1/1999 2:45:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573829

Chuck, RCC (Reliance Computer Corp.) has always been a competitor to Intel's server chipset groups. I'm surprised they haven't received any sort of attention until recently. I don't know anything about RCC's chipset designs, but I do know that customers like Compaq find a lot of compelling aspects in their chipsets. I think their existence is a good thing for Intel. Just like AMD is pushing Intel's processor guys to do better, RCC is pushing Intel's server chipset guys to do better. Tenchusatsu