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To: gnuman who wrote (55834)	9/29/2000 12:25:23 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

Gene, Intel cancels Timna Interesting. When I was researching the Timna MTH issue a couple of weeks ago, a lot of the articles had comments that reflected the same sentiment as in the article you posted: Additionally, manufacturers have indicated to Intel that they don't really want the chip. Because of smaller motherboards and chipsets that integrate graphics, the cost savings that Timna promised have already been achieved. In essence, it's a product that became obsolete before it arrived. It seems no one was interested in having the graphics engine on the processor. Isn't this at least partly why Cyrix died? And Via is planning on introducing new versions of their MediaGX processor, from what I understand -- it'll be interesting to see how successful they are. Any thoughts? Dave

To: gnuman who wrote (55834)	9/29/2000 12:26:28 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 93625

RE:"Intel cancels Timna news.cnet.com; Yep, I predicted it many months ago... One less chip Rambus will ever be associated with. Jim

To: gnuman who wrote (55834)	9/29/2000 12:33:19 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 93625

Looks like Intel had enough with vaporware too. To tell you the truth, I'm glad to see Timna go. I never understood what Intel had in mind when they came up with Timna. Maybe they thought that the very low prices PCs will be all the rage now, but after having seen all the $400 PC vendors go out of business, that may have made them change their plans. At least that way I hope they can focus more resources to P4 including fab space. Intel was trying to juggle too many things all at once and they haven't been doing a good job as the 1.13GHz CPU fiasco proved. I truly hope they learned their lessons and they take their time and get P4 right. To me, the two recent events may signal that Intel is refocusing to a few good things rather than try and do (and blunder at times) everything at once. JMHO.