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To: steve harris who wrote (86007)	1/8/2000 11:26:00 AM
From: DRBES	Respond to of 1572208

Let us not get too smug but given that "pride goeth before the fall". outeL may be facing some very real and frightening challenges. It takes anywheres from 2 1/2 months to 4 months from a wafer start to progress to final finished chip output. outel started production of some less than fully tested procedures some months ago. these incorporated some additional less fully tested techniques as the "V Gate", as well as I can remember it. These chips will come rolling, in large quantity, off OuteL's assembly lines fairly soon. There is reason to believe that some less publicized but very aggressive, less than fully tested, design techniques may be simultaneously attempted. This is not the norm for outeL. It represents high risk and a profound departure from their (its) normal approach of test and test and test some more before they release a new or seriously perturbated products. This resultant output may (but do not count on it) suffer severe yield and speed bin distribution problems. If this proves, even partially, to be true, the impact on outeL will, in time, be enormous and very negative. Do not count on it, yet!!! Regards, DARBES

To: steve harris who wrote (86007)	1/8/2000 5:43:00 PM
From: DRBES	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572208

I believe very deeply that the entire gatewaY to GATEWAY outeL experience can have an enormous negative impact on outeL's relationship with each and every one of the various other OEMs. It is a set of blunders of the greatest of possible magnitudes. The kingmakeR has been exposed for what it really is and the long term effects, I suspect, will be profound and some of them will be immediate. The other OEMs have been watching this entire affair with great interest. STAY VERY TUNED!!!!! Things of great interest are happening as I speak (write). Regards, DARBES

To: steve harris who wrote (86007)	1/10/2000 12:42:00 PM
From: Greater Fool	Respond to of 1572208

>>you and I don't need mutant alien blaster hardware Certainly it's not black and white: one of the fallacies I've often seen is that processing power doesn't matter anymore. For the near term, it looks like the majority of attention will be focused on issues like bandwidth and connectivity instead of processing power. However, there still are people, not just game players, that need the fastest hardware. It seems to me that CPUs are off center stage, but by no means are relegated to the dressing rooms just yet.