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To: Dan3 who wrote (161153)	3/5/2002 3:50:28 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 186894

Moron Dan, Re: "You must be a real moron. You've compared a system with a GeForce 4 to a system with an S3 graphics chip and concluded the performance difference is the CPU." And just how much does graphics performance affect Business Winstone? Does a GeForce 4 contribute 72% to the performance on office applications? wbmw

To: Dan3 who wrote (161153)	3/5/2002 4:09:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Dan, the graphics subsystem has very little to do with Business Winstone. And how dare you, an anti-Intel FUDster and proven habitual liar, call me a moron. Tenchusatsu

To: Dan3 who wrote (161153)	3/5/2002 6:31:44 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 186894

Intel expanding optical networking business Semiconductor Business News (03/05/02, 04:58:30 PM EST) SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. today announced it was expanding its optical networking business to include photonics component design and manufacturing services for products serving metropolitan and long-haul networking market segments. To support the expansion into photonics, Intel said it recently completed a 70,000-square-foot facility in San Jose, which was built specifically for an 8-inch (200-mm) wafer fab to make photonic components. The facility also houses design and final assembly and testing operations. A value on the new facility was not released. Intel also said it recently acquired Templex Technology Inc. in Pleasanton, Calif., which provides additional photonics expertise and a component technology known as Bragg-Grating. The technology is a highly precise filtering and mixing technology used in the manufacturing of photonic components, Intel said. Intel did not release information about the purchase price of Templex. The Santa Clara-based semiconductor giant said it was now offering new photonic design and manufacturing services to optical component and system manufacturers focused on the metropolitan and long haul market segments. Intel said the service included application-specific design libraries for components, such as custom array waveguides and other basic photonic building blocks. The company also said it was offering customer-specified solutions at varying levels of integration, from wafers and die to subassemblies and finished photonic modules. "Intel's entry into photonics is an outgrowth of many years of internal research and development and a core expertise in silicon manufacturing," said Rama Shukla, general manager of Intel Photonics. "With the trend toward higher levels of integration and application-specific needs in photonics, we're well positioned to provide customer-driven solutions with state-of-the-art design and process technology that offers best-in-class performance, cost and density." Since 1999, Intel has been growing both its optical-electrical and photonic capabilities, including the addition of engineering expertise and technology through acquisitions. Last week, during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel executives outlined a range of new developments and technology initiatives, including a greater emphasis on photonics chips that compute with photons instead of electrons (see Feb. 28 story). "Our goal is to be the leading building block supplier to OEMs building high speed, high capacity optical networks," said Mike Ricci, vice president and general manager of Intel's Optical Products Group. "We're bringing great technologies, great products, and industry-leading manufacturing expertise to component and system manufacturers, who can reduce development time and costs while increasing performance."