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To: AK2004 who wrote (60057)	10/24/2001 6:59:31 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

albert here is a Digitimes article with some interesting information. digitimes.com Although the PC market has arrived at a period of slow growth, due to the lack of necessary stimulants, Intel remains optimistic about the prospects for the PC sector. The comments were made by Anand Chandrasekher, vice-president of the Intel Architecture Group and director of the Intel Architecture Marketing Group, on October 22. "Despite the current sluggish market forcing Intel to revise its shipment target of Pentium 4 processors by year-end from 60% of total shipments to 50%, Chandrasekher indicated that with the stimulation of Windows XP, 50% of enterprises worldwide could be expected to purchase new PCs in 2002." As for the company’s latest processors, he said that the market share of P4s increased by 6% from the first quarter of 2001 to the second quarter, and in the third quarter, growth was even greater than 6%. In terms of sales regions, China, a market that has been prone to accept new technology, has become the area with the highest P4 penetration. When asked about the P4’s two different architectures, which has made it difficult for motherboard makers and PC companies to plan their product lines, Chandrasekher said that due to some technological issues, Socket 423 P4s are indeed transitional products. However, he would not comment further on the present inventories of Socket 423 P4s worldwide. In response to market surprise about Intel’s decision to replace its RDRAM-based chipset Tulloch with the 850-E, Chandrasekher indicated that Intel still regards RDRAM as the best memory specification for the top-end, performance-oriented segment. However, considering the mainstream status of DDR SDRAM, Intel decided to cancel research and development of the Tulloch line after discussions with downstream clients. Previously, Intel was said to have postponed the volume production schedule of its Northwood-core P4s, which will be manufactured on 0.13-micron geometry. Chandrasekher refuted the rumor, saying that there will be no delay. Intel has started mass production of its processors based on 0.13-micron technology in the fourth quarter of 2001 as planned and will introduce the products in the first quarter of 2002 as scheduled. Regards -BMW