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To: Petz who wrote (82216)	12/7/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577883

INTC HAS $ TO BURN: ____________________________________________________________ Intel <INTC.O> strategic investments rise in 1999 BOMBAY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Global strategic investments of Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip maker, has risen to over $1 billion in 1999 from over $800 million last year, a company official said on Tuesday. "Last year we invested over $800 million worldwide. This year we have passed the $1.0 billion mark," Leslie Vadasz, Intel's senior vice president and director, Corporate Business Development, told a news conference. He said Intel's investment portfolio comprised over 300 companies in over 15 countries, which were valued at nearly $5.O billion. In 1999, over a third of the investments in dollars and numbers terms is outside the United States compared to less than five percent in 1998, he said. The Intel official said the Asia-Pacific region has already seen more than 20 investments in 1999 compared to six last year. In India, where Intel has made strategic investments in seven firms so far, Vadasz said it was too early to judge their performance but some like Internet content provider Rediff on the Net were functioning well. "It is early to tell but I'm pretty positive and I think that we will see some major successes. I think that Rediff is living up to our early expectations being a very important portal," he said. 08:22 12-07-99 Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

To: Petz who wrote (82216)	12/7/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

Petz, <I disagree; removing wafer starts on K6x is a dangerous strategy because I believe Athlon is demand-limited at ~ 2M units/quarter until about mid-2000. > To be sure I don't have a reason to believe Athlon is demand limited to 2Mu until Mid-2000. But assuming you are right, here is a one recommendation that could fix that. Offer OEMs, say, a $100 additional discount on each Athlon used for a Business SKU as long as it is one of the top 3 speed grades. This is just one example. There are a lot of other ways AMD can stimulate demand. I can think of lot of PC OEMs who want a few more dollars of profit on their systems. Chuck