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To: matt dillabough who wrote (183537)	2/24/2006 10:07:32 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 186894

This is sort of the contra positive of what Intel said in the 4th Q meeting. That the low end shortage of MBs would work itself out this quarter. That independent production would resolve Intel's chip inventory problem. All you are seeing from the MB manufacturing guys is evidence of the over abundance of third party MBs from these guy's views. IF they have a better quarter than expected then Intel will have been able to sell ALL the chips in this segment that they can produce. And with Lenovo entering the us market with 399 computers, who knows, maybe this will be a big time production run, unless of course AMD sucks up all the market.

To: matt dillabough who wrote (183537)	2/24/2006 10:37:36 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 186894

Intel wins Vietnam license for chip plant By Reuters Story last modified Fri Feb 24 05:01:49 PST 2006 Vietnam has approved the issurance of a license for Intel, the world's largest microchip maker, to build a $605 million plant to produce chips and computer parts in a deal that officials hope could help draw more investors. Intel said Thursday that the license would be handed over formally at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 28. Chairman Craig Barrett will introduce the project and receive the investment license, Intel said without elaborating. A source close to the deal said the Intel unit in Hong Kong would run the project, which will make Intel be Vietnam's first major foreign investor in the high-technology field. The plant is expected to be built at Saigon Hi-Tech Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's commercial center, and output would be for export, government officials have said. Vietnam has projected $2 billion worth of electronics products exports for 2006, up nearly 40 percent from 2005, industry reports show. Officials at the Planning and Investment Ministry, which oversees foreign investment, could not immediately be reached for comment. Industry officials said the Intel license would help Vietnam, which has been accelerating investment in technology in recent years, draw more foreign investors, including those in related businesses. Several investors from Japan, among the biggest foreign investors in Vietnam, said they had been following Intel's proposed chip plant project closely in order to secure the right to provide related services. Vietnam has said it expected to get $6 billion in foreign direct investment in 2006, including funds for major projects in high technology and infrastructure, versus $5.8 billion last year.