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To: Estephen who wrote (47851)	7/26/2000 2:25:59 AM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Bloomberg positive on RMBS bloomberg.com Technology News Wed, 26 Jul 2000, 2:19am EDT Intel Says It Will Support Rambus Memory Alternatives on New Pentium Chip By Mike Yee Hong Kong, July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp. said it will introduce a chipset supporting several types of memory for its upcoming Pentium 4 chip next year. The world's No.1 chipmaker previously said that it would support only Rambus DRAMs as memory for the upcoming Pentium 4 processor. ``We have discussed with our clients and the responses are that they favor more choices,'' said Evia Shum, a spokeswoman for Intel Asia Pacific. The company plans to introduce a new chipset for the Pentium 4 that supports synchronous DRAMs next year. Chipsets are semiconductors which link a processor with other parts of a computer such as memory and display. Another Pentium 4 chipset, which supports only memory chips based on Rambus Inc. designs, will be launched this year. The company expects the decision would have no adverse impact on sales of processors or chipsets designed for Rambus memories. ``They are targeted at different markets: performance-oriented or mainstream,'' said Shum.

To: Estephen who wrote (47851)	7/26/2000 9:43:27 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 93625

Intel has increasingly adopted the tactics is it's close cousin - Microsoft. INTC is in the habit of releasing vapor-hardware announcements about stuff that they will have sometime in the future that will be better than AMD's Athlon family. They have pre-announced that they will shift to copper inter-connect, have meaningful quantity of high +1 Ghz parts and all sorts of other stuff. Intel's character, and that of many advocates, is increasingly defensive and in denial of reality. In short, INTC is playing the game of a wounded animal defending it's ground. I'm not doubting that Intel is the top dog, but they are bloody and stinking up their reputation day by day.