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To: S100 who wrote (73449)	6/7/2000 2:29:00 AM
From: paul_fennell	Respond to of 152472

S100, The second building on the hill is also NOK. Both about the same size. If I remember right, the facility was to house about 600. Also, local paper had this article yesterday. Intel will base wireless division here Chipmaker drawn to area by its telecom industry 'talent pool'; expects to employ 100 engineers By Mike Drummond STAFF WRITER June 5, 2000 Lured by a deep talent pool and proximity to top-tier telecommunications corporations, Intel Corp. has selected San Diego as ground-zero for a new wireless networking operation headquarters. Intel's Wireless Local Area Network Operation center in Rancho Bernardo represents yet another stake that the world's largest computer chipmaker has struck in local soil, and signals the company's growing role in emerging wireless and Internet markets. Last year, Intel bought local Internet networking equipment companies XLNT and IPivot, the latter a $500 million acquisition. The new wireless networking center is expected to employ 100 engineers, bringing Intel's local head count to about 500 people by year's end. "It really comes down to the talent pool," said Steve Saltzman, co-general manager of the new center. "The concentration and number of wireless engineers is by far the largest in the U.S." Saltzman, who is relocating from Intel's office in Hillsboro, Ore., said the company "is batting a thousand" when it comes to poaching engineers and executives from other companies in San Diego, including Qualcomm, Motorola and Nokia. Local area networks or LANs are the central nervous systems of businesses large and small, linking office computers, printers and the like. Most LANs use cable to wire devices together. But many buildings cannot be wired for networking because of age, location and other factors. Wireless networking, which has coalesced around a standard system for transmitting and processing data, is seen as the answer because it is cheaper and quicker to install than fiber-optic cable. "It's difficult to judge this market, but it's getting close to the magical number of $1 billion in sales," said Craig Mathias, with research firm Farpoint Group in Ashland, Mass. Although Intel's bread-and-butter still is manufacturing computer microprocessors, the company increasingly is invading the communications and networking fields. Most of the 20 acquisitions Intel made in the last two years have been networking or communications companies, said Intel spokesman Tom Beerman. uniontribune.com Paul

To: S100 who wrote (73449)	6/7/2000 10:11:00 AM
From: waverider	Respond to of 152472

OH GOD! When would I have time for the yard? I mean, the sprinklers are in, just started laying sod yesterday...well, maybe just a little report. Maybe I could reclaim my good name and rebuild the thread into the beacon of light it once was <g>. Hmm...you do bring up an interesting idea, however. Think I'll take you up on a modified version. Bad memories of the Nokia site though. Conducted several chaparral studies up on that hill...now all the wildlife is paved over. Another reason not to like the Nords. Can't promise a lot, but check out things I will. <H>