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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (97971)	3/11/2000 2:56:00 AM
From: survivin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571051

Kumar is clueless. He thinks intc is going to see $300 a chip. If JCs link showing specs for the xbox with a 128 L1 is correct, the avg cost to redesign the PIII alone might require a good chunk of that. There were earlier links quoting intc sources suggesting an entirely new design. Sounds pretty expensive for a box targeted at home gaming. It is also possible (likely?)the stunned xbox guys forgot to change the slide show. "A PC with X-Box specifications costs around $600 to make, and in order to get a meaningful share of the videogame console market, Microsoft will simply have to fork out billions of dollars to subsidize it. The processor alone will cost around $300, speculates Ashok Kumar, semiconductor analyst at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Palo Alto, Calif." Someone let him know he can get all the PIII 600s he needs for ~$250 at pricewatch, Now, in 18 months they will probably be $30. forbes.com