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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134508)	5/9/2001 1:07:28 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Ten, So you have Inside Intel experience, which I certainly don't. I still recommend that book to anyone that wants to read a good book about the history of Intel, and, by and large, most of the rest of the history of microprocessors. It could be updated, since, I believe, it's through 1997 or so. Tony

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134508)	5/9/2001 1:07:35 PM
From: denni	Respond to of 186894

Barrett offers visions of the next-gen network By Jim Thompson, The Daily key3media.com The world is moving toward a single, universal protocol, packet-base network, said Craig Barrett, Intel president and COO, during Tuesday morning's keynote address. This next-generation network will combine voice, data and wireless capabilities to provide the maximum in service, applications and economics to the end users throughout the world. "There might be many ways of accessing the Internet in the future, but there will be only one network," Barrett said. "This single network will be a combination of the voice, data and wireless networks of today. The result will be greater cost efficiencies, greater profits and greater benefits to the consumers." He added that although many sectors of the economy are not as rosy as they were just a few years ago, the evolution of the communication and computing worlds into this single network will create the economic sparks of the future. "Things will get better tomorrow," he said with authority. "We are in a strong recessionary period in our industry, but the pace of technology never slows down. We have to continue to invest in technology in order to be successful because technology doesn't recognize recessions." Barrett said that the next-generation network will bring together billions of people, using an array of hand-held, desktop and laptop devices around the world. All of this will be "attached to ubiquitous servers that store and deliver the information and direct the traffic." While the network of the future might be inevitable, building it won't be easy. It will require efficiency from one end of the network to another, a high degree of flexibility and scalability powered by energy efficient, high-density, high-performance servers. Coupled with these necessities, Barrett sees the critical need for high-speed bandwidth. Noting that available bandwidth has lagged behind the demand, he said that just as "we talk about Moore's Law, which says computing power doubles every six months, there's a joke in the communications industry saying that bandwidth doubles every century." In his view, high-speed bandwidth to homes and business is critical to the build-out of the Internet and the future of the communications industry. Currently, bandwidth is lagging behind the need. "It's estimated that in the U.S. only about half of the people who want high bandwidth capability in their homes will get it this year," he said. "The next-generation network will be the outgrowth of the revolution that has been taking place in the computing industry," Barrett declared. "We live in a digital world, and that digital world is not going to slow down. Technology always moves forward, and the Internet will be the medium for communication, entertainment, access to information and for conducting business and commerce."