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To: tejek who wrote (75228)	10/12/1999 5:46:00 PM
From: L. Adam Latham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584993

tejek: Re: I have not seen the nos. but CNBC says that intc has reported Q3 margins lower than Q2 (they just repeated that highlight) but they expect margins to go back up in Q4. I think I understand the problem. Using the standard practice of using whole numbers, Q2 and Q3 gross margin percentages were both 59%. But the conference call just indicated that gross margin percentage decreased 7 tenths of a point, i.e. 59.4% in Q2 versus 58.7% in Q3. BTW, Bryant just indicated that the lower Q3 GMP is an isolated event, and is expected to rebound 1-2 points in Q4. Lower ASPs were given as one of three reasons contributing to lower GMPs. Adam