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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 8:58:23 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

There should be an early morning rebound since the stock closed down in after hours last Friday. Last trade Friday (reflecting that it was down an additional 22 cents after hours): INTC Feb 15 32.07 -1.27 -3.81% -0.22 -0.68% 31.80 34.00 Should give an opening pop upwards.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 1:06:42 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Intel is the 10'th MOST ADMIRED COMPANY in the U.S. of A !! biz.yahoo.com Monday February 18, 9:02 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Fortune General Electric Tops Fortune's List of America's Most Admired Companies Company is No. 1 for fifth consecutive year Southwest Airlines is No. 2 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2002--General Electric is the Most Admired Company in America for the fifth year in a row, according to FORTUNE's annual survey. Rounding out the top ten are Southwest Airlines at No. 2; Wal-Mart at No. 3; Microsoft at No. 4; Berkshire Hathaway at No. 5; Home Depot at No. 6; Johnson & Johnson at No. 7; FedEx at No. 8; Citigroup at No. 9; and Intel at No. 10. FedEx and Citigroup make the top ten this year for the first time, and Johnson & Johnson regains its berth after a three-year absence. The list of America's Most Admired Companies, along with a list of where they rank in their own industries, appears in the March 4, 2002 issue of FORTUNE, on newsstands February 25, and at www.fortune.com on Tuesday, February 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST. What do the companies on the list have in common? ``FORTUNE's Most Admired seem to perform at their best when the heat is on, consistently delivering to shareholders, customers and employees,'' says Matthew Boyle in his story ``The Shiniest Reputations in Tarnished Times,'' which accompanies the list. ``As a group, the top ten racked up a total return of 9.7% in 2001, compared with -11.9% for the S&P 500, a remarkable achievement.'' And it's not just one year that counts; it's also performance over time. Says Boyle, ``Consider No. 1 GE. Though its 2001 total return was a less than stellar -15.1%, over the past five years, on average, it has delivered an S&P-clobbering 21.2%.'' In a related story on General Electric, Justin Fox examines how the company continues to meet Wall Street's earnings expectations, and reports on CEO Jeff Immelt's vigorous defense of the accounting practices involved. Market forces helped push Dell Computer, Cisco Systems, and Charles Schwab out of the top ten this year, though they still rank high in their respective categories. Enron, however, drops to last place in the Energy category. Says Boyle, ``Despite what you may have heard, that now notorious energy company was never voted into the Most Admired's top ten. Why? For one thing, history shows that you need a solid record of performance over many years to earn the business community's highest esteem.'' Enron was, however, first in the Energy category on the 1999, 2000 and 2001 lists. Johnson & Johnson is a happier story: 2001 was the 69th consecutive year of sales increases and the 17th straight year of double-digit earnings-per-share growth. And just as Johnson & Johnson has moved beyond its roots, branching out into new areas of health care, FedEx has successfully gone from being an air express carrier for business to a one-stop shop for any shipping need. Meanwhile, Citicorp hits No. 9 this year bolstered by a 23% increase in profits from its massive consumer group, earnings of more than $14 billion on revenues of $83.6 billion, and a return on equity of 20.4% in 2001. 2002 marks the 20th anniversary of the Most Admired Companies list, which across two decades has taken on an exceedingly difficult task: to grab hold of--and quantify--that nebulous, ineffable something that certain companies have and others would love to possess. In another accompanying article, ``The Right Stuff,'' Boyle explains how companies make and stay on the list: ``Depth of management is one reason GE, Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot are still hitting the top ten after their famous CEOs have stepped aside.'' Furthermore, says Boyle, ``Not only do today's Most Admired keep customers and shareholders happy, but they spend time courting employees, federal and international regulators, the media, nongovernmental organizations, corporate-governance watchdogs, retirees, suppliers, and the local communities across the globe in which they operate. Finally, we admire companies that are successful in transforming themselves, in good times and bad.'' Proof of the list's exclusivity is that only 46 companies have ever made it into the top ten. FORTUNE's annual list of America's Most Admired companies is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. To produce the list the Hay Group consultancy took the ten largest companies (by revenues) in 58 industries, including large subsidiaries of foreign-owned companies and asked 10,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts to rate the companies in their own industries based on eight criteria: Innovation, Financial Soundness, Employee Talent, Use of Corporate Assets, Long-Term Investment Value, Social Responsibility, Quality of Management, and Quality of Products/Services. To come up with the top ten list, the Hay Group asked the respondents to select the ten companies they admired most in any industry. The respondents chose from a list of companies that ranked in the top 25% in last year's survey as well as companies that ranked below the first quartile overall but finished in the top 20% of their industry. 2002 List of America's Most Admired Companies Rank Company 1 General Electric 2 Southwest Airlines 3 Wal-Mart 4 Microsoft 5 Berkshire Hathaway 6 Home Depot 7 Johnson & Johnson 8 FedEx 9 Citigroup 10 Intel

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 3:11:50 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

The Alchemy team was ex-Alpha for the most part. The founders of Alchemy Semiconductor include industry veterans Rich Witek and Greg Hoeppner. Witek was the co-architect of the Alpha processor and the architect of the StrongARM processor while at Digital Equipment Corporation. Hoeppner was the implementation lead for the Alpha processor amd.com TP

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 4:12:20 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Bill, Re: "Where do the key Alpha people work now?" About Intel Massachusettes It employs 200 former members of the Compaq Alpha microprocessor development team who joined Intel in August 2001. It will continue to grow over the next two years as more members of Compaq’s Alpha engineering team transfer to Intel under the companies’ agreement announced in June 2001 intel.com Intel has a strong and growing manufacturing and research and development presence in Massachusetts. Intel acquired its Hudson campus in May 1998. The 149-acre site includes 1.3 million square feet of building space, including the "Fab 17" semiconductor-manufacturing plant. The company is investing $1.5 billion to upgrade its Hudson semiconductor plant to the latest Intel-standard manufacturing processes. Intel’s Massachusetts Development Center, also based in Hudson, has grown to more than 400 engineers and software developers. The new Massachusetts Microprocessor Development Center in Shrewsbury opened in August 2001. It employs 200 former members of the Compaq Alpha microprocessor development team who joined Intel in August 2001. Intel’s total employment in Massachusetts now exceeds 3,000. Manufacturing in Hudson In December 1999, Intel announced that it would invest $800 million to upgrade Fab 17 to become a major manufacturing center for Intel microprocessors In December 2000, Intel announced a second major investment, primarily for advanced manufacturing tools, that brings Intel’s total investment in Hudson’s Fab 17 to $1.5 billion. This represents one of the state’s largest manufacturing investments. Intel’s Hudson campus now employs about 2500 people. Research and Development in Hudson In October 1999, Intel announced the creation of the Massachusetts Development Center on its Hudson and Bedford campuses. Similar centers exist in Arizona, California, Texas, Israel and China. The Massachusetts center supports the following Intel businesses that are located on the Hudson campus. Most are part of the Intel Communications Group (ICG). The I/O Bridge Division, part of ICG, aims to lead the industry in I/O processor and connectivity products. It develops and markets a comprehensive set of I/O application building blocks for the PCI and InfiniBand segments. The Network Processor Division, also part of ICG, provides intelligent microprocessor building blocks used for networking equipment. The group’s flagship product is the IXP1200 Network Processor, a key component in Intel’s Internet Exchange Architecture. The Residential Access Division, also reporting into ICG, designs hardware for DSL gateways and modems. It also provides manufacturing solutions and lab testing for DSL modems. The Engineering Services Group provides CAD, physical design, packaging and validation support services for various ICG product lines. The Handheld Computing Division, part of Intel’s Wireless Communication and Computing Group, works on processors that offer both high performance and low electrical consumption. These processors power the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC* and Hewlett-Packard Jornada* as well as many other products. The Microcomputer Software Labs, part of the Intel Architecture Group, build technology for high-performance embedded software development tools. The Massachusetts Microprocessor Development Center in Shrewsbury This is predominantly an engineering group focused on microprocessor design and Development. It will continue to grow over the next two years as more members of Compaq’s Alpha engineering team transfer to Intel under the companies’ agreement announced in June 2001 Other Massachusetts sites Intel's Massachusetts’s Bedford campus is the home of Intel Network Systems, (formerly Shiva Corporation). Intel Massachusetts also has smaller sites in Westford and Lowell. wbmw

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 4:15:54 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Here are some examples of those fine AMD patents looking only at the AMD patents that issued in the past 2 weeks (Jan 29 to Feb 12 2002). Do you think any of these is critical to a semiconductor design or silicon manufacturing? Packaging Tray: patft.uspto.gov; Picker nest for holding an IC package: patft.uspto.gov; System Level Test Socket (for a semiconductor package): patft.uspto.gov;

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (159136)	2/18/2002 4:22:05 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Bill, you want to know where the KEY Alpha people work now? They work at Intel. intel.com Most recently, Daniel J. Casaletto was Vice President of the Alpha Development Group at Compaq Computer Corporation. He was responsible for the development and delivery of Alpha microprocessors and supporting technologies for entry-level server systems. His organization was primarily made up of hardware and software engineers developing microprocessors, related chipsets, motherboards, firmware, IC package design and CAD. His group also oversaw Alpha microprocessor production, and worked closely with the semiconductor foundries. With more than 25 years of combined service with Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation, Casaletto has extensive management experience in the engineering field. From 1994 to 1998, Casaletto held the following positions at Digital: Vice President, Digital Semiconductor Engineering; Vice President and Product Line Manager for Emerging Technologies, which included StrongARM, multimedia accelerator, and PCI bridge chips; and Vice President and Product Line Manager for the Alpha Business Segment. intel.com Grove joined Intel as part of a June 2001 agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that called for the transfer of microprocessor and compiler design expertise to Intel. Prior to joining Intel, Grove was a Compaq fellow and director of compiler development for Compaq's 64-bit Alpha family of computers. With 30 years of combined service to Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation, Grove has held various software development positions where he has led the development of compilers for several processor families. He also played a major role in driving the Alpha processor's performance capabilities during the past decade. He holds one patent and has published several papers on compiler technology. intel.com Emer joined Intel as part of a June 2001 agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that called for the transfer of microprocessor engineering and design expertise to Intel. Prior to joining Intel, Emer was a Compaq Fellow and Director of Alpha Architecture Research, where he led research efforts for future processors for Compaq's 64-bit family of servers. With 22 years of combined service to Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation, Emer has held various research and advanced development positions investigating processor microarchitecture designs and developing performance modeling and evaluation techniques. Emer is recognized as one of the developers of the widely employed quantitative approach to processor performance evaluation. More recently, he has been recognized for his contributions in the advancement of simultaneous multithreading technology. He holds nine patents with three pending. He has also published more than 25 papers. intel.com Fossum joined Intel as part of a June 2001 agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that called for the transfer of microprocessor engineering and design expertise to Intel. Prior to joining Intel, Fossum held a variety of positions during 28 years of combined service to Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation. Since 1998, he served as a Compaq Fellow and was lead architect for future versions of the Alpha microprocessor. From 1991 to 1998, Fossum led a team conducting processor and compiler technology research. Prior to this, he was a consulting engineer and helped design several VAX processors for Digital. intel.com Lowney joined Intel as part of a June 2001 agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that called for the transfer of microprocessor engineering and design expertise to Intel. Prior to joining Intel, he was a Compaq Fellow and Director of Compiler and Architecture Development for the Alpha Microprocessor Group. His responsibilities included developing compiler technology and tuning compilers for Alpha systems, providing architectural direction to the microprocessor design teams and designing Alpha architecture extensions. intel.com He is currently Director of the Enterprise Architecture Lab in Intel's Technology & Research Labs. Previously, he was Director of Strategic Planning for all Intel Architecture processors and chipsets. He has been with Intel since 1995 and has managed system architecture and performance analysis activities. Prior to joining Intel, he spent almost 18 years at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he managed processor and system architecture, and performance analysis work related to the VAX, Prism, MIPS, and Alpha architectures. He also worked at Texas Instruments for 4 years in their research labs in a variety of areas including magnetic bubble memories, charge coupled devices, fault tolerant memories, and computer architecture. Dr. Bhandarkar holds 15 U.S. Patents and has published more than 30 technical papers in various journals and conference proceedings. He is also the author of a book titled Alpha Architecture and Implementations." intel.com Grundmann joined Intel as part of a June 2001 agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that called for the transfer of microprocessor engineering and design expertise to Intel. Prior to joining Intel, he was a Compaq Fellow and CAD Director for the Alpha Microprocessor Group. His responsibilities included specification and development of design methodologies, and CAD tools for microprocessor design. In addition to his CAD background, his experiences includes managing, architectural design and being a hardware designer of seven microprocessor chips and ten peripheral support chip designs. wbmw