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To: Charles R who wrote (98877)	3/17/2000 7:34:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1571398

Chuck, Is this something that is discussed in "Inside Intel"? It is one of those books on my "to read" list - just never seem to get around to it. Yes it is. Paul figures quite prominently into the plot. Scumbria

To: Charles R who wrote (98877)	3/17/2000 9:10:00 PM
From: Epinephrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571398

RE: <Is this something that is discussed in "Inside Intel"? It is one of those books on my "to read" list - just never seem to get around to it.> Charles, A whole chapter of the book involves events of which Paul was an integral part. It is called "Penang Burning", But the rest of the book is great too. In my opinion this book is a "must read" for any AMD long. Regards, Epinephrine Inside Intel : Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company by Tim Jackson Plume; ISBN: 0452276438 amazon.com

To: Charles R who wrote (98877)	3/18/2000 1:13:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571398

Chuck - RE: "Is this something that is discussed in "Inside Intel"? It is one of those books on my "to read" list - just never seem to get around to it." Yup, its discussed. But I've always been afraid to talk about it because I'm afraid a communist rocket may seek me out and blow me to pieces. ;) (You would have to read it to get it.) This following quote about Intel could be written today: "But the company had little experience of the disciplines that occupy most companies: slugging it out with the competition on cost, quality, service, and delivery time. The result of this inexperience was that when circumstances took Intel's technological lead away, the company began to stumble." It was actually written in the book about Intel and stiff DRAM competition in 1979. Ironic, huh! Here's another one: "It was a measure of the unprecedented growth rate of the market that these handicaps [being a high cost producer and beaten out to next generation of memory], the company's memory operations still managed to turn in sparkling figures quarter after quarter." Just substitute "processor" for "memory". Of course, Intel became stronger and these instances were just minor blips in the long run after Intel eventually ditched DRAM...