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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (92733)	11/17/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Diamond & Intel Investors - ITanium Systems are also running Microsoft's Windows 2000/64 - with Oracle Database Applications. Looks like MULTIPLE Operating Systems - HP UNIX and Windows 2000 - and one MAINSTREAM Enterprise Application are up and running. "Intel's (INTC) Itanium was demonstrated running two Hewlett-Packard Co. (HWP) prototype systems: one with Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) upcoming Windows 2000 operating system, and the other running HPUX, Hewlett Packard's version of the UNIX operating system. Both systems also were running Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL) Oracle 8i Internet database. It was the first public demonstration of Itanium running HPUX and Oracle 8i, Intel announced. " I wonder if Joe Osha feels DISAPPOINTED ? Paul {==================================} LOS ANGELES -(Dow Jones)- Intel Corp. President and Chief Executive Craig Barrett Tuesday demonstrated the company's Itanium processor, a high-powered chip that the semiconductor giant expects to fuel its growth in the booming market for Internet server computers. Intel's (INTC) Itanium was demonstrated running two Hewlett-Packard Co. (HWP) prototype systems: one with Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) upcoming Windows 2000 operating system, and the other running HPUX, Hewlett Packard's version of the UNIX operating system. Both systems also were running Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL) Oracle 8i Internet database. It was the first public demonstration of Itanium running HPUX and Oracle 8i, Intel announced. Hewlett-Packard received the first silicon from Intel two months ago, according to Bill Russell, a Hewlett-Packard official who was onstage with Barrett at an Oracle developers conference in Los Angeles. Hewlett-Packard, which co-developed Itanium's 64-bit architecture with Intel, will offer a range of Itanium servers and workstations in the second half of 2000, Russell said. The computers will run HPUX, Windows NT and Linux operating systems, along with the Oracle 8i, he said. Itanium is the first Intel chip that can process 64 bits, or pieces, at a time. Intel's current Pentium chips operate at a 32-bit rate. According to current estimates, servers now in use can handle less than 4% of the Internet traffic expected by 2005, Barrett said. With that rate of growth, prices and performance will be important factors in customers' buying decisions. Barrett said. In a secure environment, a server running four 500-Megahertz Intel XION processors - Intel's current top of the line - is 13 times faster than a comparably priced Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) server running four of Sun's UltraSparc II chips at 250-Mhz, Barrett said. Sun has effectively capitalized on demand for Internet servers, even though systems running Intel's chips are less expensive. For Intel to succeed in moving into higher-end computing systems, it must compete effectively with Sun. Barrett also said users will continue to demand high-speed processors on desktop computers. Moore's Law - roughly, the concept that processor speed will double every 18 months - is still in effect, he said. Many people believe that the advent of applications run on a remote server over fast network connections will reduce the need for ever-faster computers on the desktop. But Barrett said innovations such as voice recognition and extensible mark-up language will add to demand for increased processor power. Copyright (c) 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (92733)	11/17/1999 7:29:00 PM
From: Diamond Jim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

news.cnet.com Pentium IIIs in short supply, Intel confirms By Jim Davis Staff Writer, CNET News.com November 17, 1999, 10:20 a.m. PT Intel confirmed that supplies of new Pentium III chips have been limited, but the chip giant said it is taking steps to meet demand. As first reported by CNET News.com, computer makers have had a hard time getting Pentium IIIs for the past few weeks, but Intel said today it is still on track to ship "millions" of its newest chips this quarter. "PC demand is very strong, and what we are doing is working to ramp up production to meet orders over and above what we've already committed to for the quarter," said Michael Sullivan, an Intel spokesman. Supplies remain tight across all PC processor lines--not just the newest Pentium IIIs launched in October--and supplies of chipsets are tight, too, Sullivan said. PC demand has exceeded expectations, he said, leading to an inability to fill all the orders beyond what the company's original commitments were.