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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (77100)	10/26/1999 10:41:00 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1572786

Well Cirruslvr, if the church of iNTEL won't listen now, maybe they will when iNTEL's 4Q Earnings are announced. Too bad about the 733 MIA-Alumnamine BUG Maybe next quarter...... Bookmark it. steve

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (77100)	10/26/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572786

Cirrus - <The mobile Pentium III is in particularly short supply, with distributors and dealers being told that boxed units are now unlikely to arrive in volume until Q1 of 2000, with availability still very limited in Q4.> This isn't exactly bad news. I believe it means what it says, that with a ramping technology, Intel was simply unable to make enough of them to satisfy demand. I.e, SOLD OUT! <Intel also pulled the plug on its "early access" plan for distributors and dealers, under which they can buy up to three new processors ahead of launch. In this case, the Pentium III 733s, 700s, 667s, 650s, 600EBs, 600Es, and 533s in the SECC2 package were all affected.> This sort of explains the lack of Pricewatch entries, doesn't it? <The problem here is with validation of the fan heatsink, according to documents we have seen. It means that the S370 Pentium IIIs may now well be delayed until the beginning of December, or later. > If true, this wouldn't be good. PB

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (77100)	10/26/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572786

Hi Cirruslvr; Re: CEO Craig Barrett said that he had ordered his staff to produce Coppermines and 7xx chips early. This sort of reminds me of a scene from King Lear. Typical management hubris. They decide when products are working? Not! They design the stuff? Not! They are responsible for getting things done on time? Not! It's only by attempting to convince the rest of us that they have these, almost superhuman, abilities that they are able to keep their jobs. The actual fact is that Barrett shouldn't have dumped his marketing problem on his engineers. Reminds me of all the "You want it WHEN?" posters people keep in their cubicles. This sickly launch was decided upon using the same crappy top-down management techniques that decided on using Rambus. What the CEO says, goes, even if it's not physically possible. -- Carl