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To: AK2004 who wrote (136096)	5/25/2001 9:06:14 PM
From: tcmay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel's manufacturing and design capabilities "well, then what would be Intel's excuse? "let's face it it is not Intel that created x86 demand but rather IBM's problem with MOT. " This is naive. It was arguably the case in 1981-82, but that was nearly 20 years ago. Today, in fact, IBM has done whatever it could do to support its PowerPC partner, Motorola. However, they and others keep using Intel processors for a very concrete and modern reason, having little or nothing to do with the situation in 1981. Namely, the manufacturing and design prowess which allowed Intel in the mid-to-late-80s to pull way ahead of other manufacturers. (Note: Intel's design capabilities were superior to nearly everyone else's way back into the 70s, but it took the push in the mid-80s to put Intel's large-die yields and multilayer metal processes so far ahead of other manufacturers.) Don't confuse stories of 20 years ago with the realities of today. --Tim May