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To: Charles R who wrote (83921)	12/22/1999 2:22:00 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572921

Some news re intc and DRAM chips. ____________________________________________________________ Wednesday's top stories Intel, NEC, others in chip venture By CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 2:01 AM ET Dec 22, 1999 TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Five major Japanese, U.S., European and South Korean semiconductor memory makers reached a basic agreement on Wednesday with Intel (intc) to jointly develop advanced general-purpose DRAM chips for personal computers, sources close to the deal said. The five are an NEC, Hitachi Ltd., Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Electronics of South Korea, plus Infinion Technologies, a spin-off of Siemens AG. They together control about 80 percent of the global DRAM market. The partners are poised to develop next-generation models of Direct Rambus memories, which is currently one of the standard chips. They will try to set standards for 1-gigabit DRAMS and jointly develop such models. Commercialization of such products is expected to be conducted by the participating companies possibly by the end of 2002, the sources said. The companies are setting up a joint organization and will provide engineers for the project. They plan to collect royalties from nonparticipating firms. The joint move is intended to share the burden of developing next-generation chips, which cost tens of billion yen to design because of the need to review basic circuitry designs, the sources added. Nihon Keizai Shimbun

To: Charles R who wrote (83921)	12/22/1999 2:47:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572921

Chuck, thanx for Intel roadmap links. If Solano chipset doesn't arrive until July, they have no competitive platform unless they can convince the world that their mediocre integrated graphics are "good enough." EDIT: Camino 2 looks like June, but thats still waaaay toooo late. Petz