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To: mishedlo who wrote (49791)	8/14/2000 11:35:52 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Note from Intel Investor relations The following is the reply from Intel Invetsor relations on the bullshit written by Enews last week. We do not generally comment on such articles. The fact that Intel will be introducing SDRAM as an alternative to RDRAM in the Pentium 4 is not new. We have stated recently that Intel has always maintained that they would continue to pursue other memory alternatives. The SDRAM alternative is expected to be released late next year, according to published reports. The RDRAM-based Pentium 4 will be released late this year. As long as the price gap between RDRAM and SDRAM continues to narrow, by the time the SDRAM alternative is released, we believe that the price/performance advantage of RDRAM will be apparent and that there will be no reason for customers to select a product with inferior performance. Investor Relations

To: mishedlo who wrote (49791)	8/15/2000 2:55:17 AM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

DRAM manufacturers united tonight and told Rambus that they will no longer make SDRAM, DDR or RDRAM products because they consider the payment royalties to the inventors to be contrary to their normal business operations. The leader of the DRAM coalition (BILOW) has brought together the top ten manufacturers of memory in the world in a new rendition of "we ain't going to pay no damn royalties". A spokesman for RAMBUS said as long as "they do not infringe our patents I guess we have nothing to complain about but we would like to collect royalties on what they have already sold." Production is set to cease at all factories worldwide this Friday. Plans are in effect to use EDO RAM and SRAM as replacements. INTEL responded to this sweeping announcement by stating that it thought that the DRAMURAI were making a business mistake but they would make do with ferromagnetic memory cores from Hong Kong. They also stated that this should have no effect on their earnings since their capital gains from shorting the Dram companies stock would more than make up for the shortfall in operating revenue for the foreseable future. A Rambus spokesmen when asked to comment on Intel's plans to short the Dram companies said he thought it was only logical and that he would present this capital gains option to the RAMBUS board of directors. He said that he thought this might be the opportunity of the century to buy all these companies and their memory manufacturing capabilities with the capital gains made from shorting their stock. McGee Robertson, CRAP News , 081500, 11:59 PM