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To: thebeach who wrote (67921)	10/25/1999 8:55:00 PM
From: Honor First	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90042

It was a wonderful day for my Mom's acct today - Got back into CS - missed it for me by a 1/16th. But, I am smiling! Hope it goes up for you All - this is the first time I have been in at the bottom - and for that I am grateful - I have been finding myself in at tops and then visiting the bottom - don't like that!! Now I am wondering just how far the rumor will carry it and whether to jump in for my own account or not - H.

To: thebeach who wrote (67921)	10/25/1999 10:32:00 PM
From: Stuart T	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

Intel Launches Family Of 15 New Processors By Therese Poletti SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Intel Corp (Nasdaq:INTC - news). Monday unveiled 15 new Pentium processors, including a lightning-fast 733 megahertz version in a bid to reclaim its position as the maker of the world's fastest microprocessors from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD - news). Earlier this month, AMD scored an unusual coup against its Silicon Valley rival by launching a 700 megahertz version of its new Athlon chip family, unseating Intel whose fastest processor on the desktop was a 600 megahertz Pentium III. ``It is the world's fastest processor,' Paul Otellini, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's architecture business group, told reporters at a news briefing. He also pointed out that the product launch was the chip giant's biggest in its 31-year history. Intel's new chips also underscore efforts at the world's largest maker of computer microchips to produce more powerful computer processors at lower costs, which in turn should boost profit margins and fuel higher sales. All the new products were made using a new process technology called 0.18 micron, resulting in semiconductors that have finer line widths between transistors and thus more transistors on a silicon wafer. Intel said the new Pentium III chips have 28 million transistors compared with about 8.5 million in the Pentium III processors made using the older 0.25 micron technology. The new technology enables faster processing that consumes less power. Moreover, the new process was expected to lower manufacturing costs over the long term. Intel was expected to detail those benefits during its analyst meeting later this week, which will be broadcast to analysts over the Internet Thursday. In its recent third quarter, Intel's earnings fell below Wall Street forecasts in part due to lower prices and a slower- than-expected move to the new 0.18 micron process technology. Monday, Intel launched chips targeted at four main product segments: the desktop, mobile, workstation and server computers. Most of the major computer makers announced a variety of products designed around the chips, with various dates of availability. The new manufacturing process enabled the first line of mobile computers using Pentium IIIs, because of the lower heat dissipation. Another key feature of the new Pentium line, previously code-named Coppermine, is its advanced transfer cache technology, which resides on the chip and enables a performance boost of up to 25 percent, when compared with Pentium III processors running at the same clock speed. On the older Pentium III line, the cache -- a temporary data storage point -- resided on its own cartridge, which also was more costly to manufacture. Along with the new Pentium IIIs and the Pentium III Xeons for workstations and servers, Intel also introduced a new 840 chipset for the computer workstation and server markets, which uses the RDRAM technology for faster memory developed by Rambus Inc (Nasdaq:RMBS - news). of Mountain View, Calif. However, the 820 chipset, which is developed for the desktop PC market, was still not available, after its launch was postponed last month, due to some glitches. Otellini said the 820 chipset will be shipping later this quarter, but he was not more specific. ``Things have accelerated at such a pace that they are having to flip their whole product line to a new process at once,' said Joe Osha, an analyst at Merrill Lynch. ``Some of the hiccups notwithstanding, they have done a pretty good job.' Osha also said that Intel's pricing was a bit lower than he had been anticipating. For example, the Pentium III running at 733 megahertz was priced at $776, in quantities of 1,000. The Pentium III Xeon for servers and workstations, running at 733 megahertz, was priced at $826 and the 500 megahertz Mobile Pentium III was priced at $530, both in quantities of 1,000 dailynews.yahoo.com