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To: brushwud who wrote (139068)	7/11/2001 5:42:20 PM
From: jackrabbit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re:"Intel has over $6 billion of these intangibles yet to be written off, so it'll be years before they're all gone, unless they're recognized to be "impaired" sooner." Amortization of goodwill is going the way of the dodo bird under new accounting rules effective as of January 1, 2002. After that date, goodwill will be written off only in the case of impairment.

To: brushwud who wrote (139068)	7/11/2001 6:16:59 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 186894

brush, Amortization of intangibles, such as goodwill, is neither "extraordinary" nor "one-time" Intangibles are allowed to be amortized over their life... Any decent financial analyst disregards intangibles such as goodwill..... However, there is one form of "intangible" that is extremely difficult to value. That is, Intellectual Property or trade secrets, patents, trademarks, etc. Remember, one sole patent (i.e. the Crawford patent) prevents competitors from entering Intel's arena. Other "intangibles" such as trade secrets constitute another. Unless a company has a "broad" X-licensing agreement with Intel (or has a Foundary produce their chips which they will be at a competitive dis-advantage) will not be able to design, or manufacture, uPs.....