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To: combjelly who wrote (62859)	11/8/2001 10:05:04 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 275872

RE:"Not really. Timna was just another piece in Intel's plans to control everything from the palm top to the supercomputers. Timna was going to be the piece that closes the hole in the low end. Intel already had the parts that would give them control of the rest of the desktop market, but Cyrix, AMD, Winchip and Rise were trying to carve out a place in the value end of things. Since that was intolerable, Timna was the answer..." OK. So we know Intel wants to control everything. Andy Grove first DENIED they was even a sub $1000 market. Then he saw MediaGX and suddenly had a revelation. Basically he freaked out...and you're right...wanted to control the low end too...they call it greed... RE:"It's funny how things really worked out." He made two big blunders...1. forgot MHz sells even on the low end and 2. the greed and expense of Rambus. Timna was a major embrarassment for Intel. Intellabees around here were touting it right up to the end...too...the party line you know. Jim