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To: pat pasquale who wrote (5570)	9/27/1999 5:59:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8219

IBM's Embedded Chip press release , mentions Apple's PowerPCs Well you gotta ask yourself "whose milestone is it anyway ?": " September 27, 1999 Copper, PowerPC Technologies to Boost Performance of Communications Equipment Fishkill, NY, September 23, 1999 ... IBM today announced it had reached a major milestone in the shipment of its one-millionth copper PowerPC chip, just one year after shipping the first copper chip. IBM's copper PowerPC processors are helping to fuel the company's growth as a major OEM supplier to makers of networking gear. The company also announced the industry's highest performance embedded processor to date, the copper-based PowerPC 440, which can be used to boost the flow of traffic in the routers, hubs and switches that power networks like the Internet... ... While the PowerPC architecture may be best-known for chips for Apple Computer systems, what may not be as well known is that the PowerPC has found broader penetration in a variety of applications in speeds ranging from 30 to 500 MHz. IBM customers have integrated the PowerPC in printer controllers, storage devices, communications devices, and other applications beyond traditional computing systems. Similarly, IBM was the first to introduce copper technology into volume production and has since incorporated copper into standalone PowerPC processors for Apple, as well as its own RS/6000 servers. Copper technology is also integral to IBM's S/390 G6 server, as well as a host of custom ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) and standalone embedded processor designs. " ibmlink.ibm.com Maybe IBM had to play down its role with AAPL or MSFT would be crying foul at the DOJ . Jim K.