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To: Yougang Xiao who wrote (110208)	5/10/2000 4:51:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1583407

YX, RE:""It's the curse of Rambus," said one source. " This is worse that the curse of Ramses. Jim

To: Yougang Xiao who wrote (110208)	5/10/2000 4:55:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1583407

Check this one out... "The Timna processor will use a new version of the MTH that will provide a great level of noise immunity," said Intel spokesman Michael Sullivan. In other words, the company will test, and retest, the Timna MTH before release. " Does anyone smell...D E L A Y here? I've been saying Timna is a headache for Intel and now you all know one reason why. Remember any delay of Timna further buries its chances of success as it falls further behing in the MHz race. Jim

To: Yougang Xiao who wrote (110208)	5/10/2000 5:04:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583407

Intel's plan to fix its latest bug--which will involve swapping the motherboard and memory in affected computers--could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars, according to analysts. That puts the MTH problem in roughly the same class as Intel's infamous 1994 Pentium "floating point bug," for which the company took a $475 million charge. I think the cost to replace the MB's is exaggerated; the cost to Intel's reputation has yet to be calculated. ted