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To: Saturn V who wrote (180906)	4/27/2005 9:13:53 AM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

The fact is that in stocks as volitile as semiconductors a CEO has little to do with the highs and lows. They have a lot to do with moving the company forward on a long term basis. Stock options enable the top employees to benefit from the cyclicality of the stock because they have nothing invested in the options. A shareholder has to put out front money at market price to get the same strike price. I think options are inappropriate for these businesses as a reward mechanism. They are fine if all you want to do is make someone rich. Think in contrast about a 401k invested in the company's stock. The employee is then locked into the long term performance of the stock in the same way that a long term investor is. Then their interests are closely aligned. With options volitility is the employee's friend. Whenever the stock price shoots up enough to ensure a healthy profit the employee exercises and gets out or at least sells enough to cover his investment and tax cost. He then sits with the remainder of his shares for free.

To: Saturn V who wrote (180906)	4/27/2005 10:15:05 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Solidifies Lead In Graphics Chips Market 04.27.05, 10:04 AM ET Merrill Lynch said that according to data from Mercury Research the graphics accelerator market declined by 9.1% in the first quarter to 59.5 million units from 65.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2004. Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) maintained its top market spot and gained share on the back of strong notebook integrated graphics processor (IGP) growth, according to the research firm. Intel boosted its share to 44% from 40%, while ATI Technologies (nasdaq: ATYT - news - people ) retained the second-place spot at 26% market share. Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) remained the No. 3 supplier with 18% share. Merrill said IGP gained share slightly to 57% of the total market. "Longer term, we see IGP accounting for more than 60% of the total market," Merrill said. In the desktop standalone graphics sub-market, ATI ranked No. 1 with 51% share, while in the notebook graphics sub-market, Intel came in first with 82% share. Merrill said the decline in the overall graphics accelerator market was in line with the five-year seasonal average decline of 8.8%, but much worse than the 1% decline for microprocessor shipments.