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To: Dan3 who wrote (247869)	2/15/2008 5:59:02 PM
From: wbmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: When AMD was on the ropes in mid 1997 to 1999, Intel drastically reduced new investment and jacked up prices the old stuff they'd been making. Making stuff up again, Dan? This never happened. Intel put more of an investment in these years than they ever had in the company's history. They were building Pentium III, but also architecting Pentium 4 and Merced, and investing in new businesses. As usual, you have no credibility with your lies.

To: Dan3 who wrote (247869)	2/16/2008 1:23:58 AM
From: TomH7259	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Sorry, theorists, but we have actual data. When AMD was on the ropes in mid 1997 to 1999, Intel drastically reduced new investment and jacked up prices the old stuff they'd been making. That statement doesn't seem to be correct.... Intel's R&D spending went up in all 3 years 1997 to 1999. Here is the "Actual Data" findarticles.com Intel CFO Andy Bryant noted..... The company, which has estimated it would spend $2.4 billion in FY97 on R&D, broke it down to attendees at the Goldman Sachs event..... The total R&D expenditure is a 15 percent increase over 1996......Spending, Intel said, will be up 4-5 percent from 4Q96. tipmagazine.com Higher R&D Spending Forecast for 1998 and 1999. Companies such as Intel and Microsoft rank among the top 10 in R&D spending. Intel is expected to increase its R&D budget by almost 14% in 1998 to $2.35 billion, secinfo.com "Excluding charges of $392 million for purchased in-process research and development (IPR&D) related to the current year's acquisitions and $165 million in 1998, research and development spending increased $602 million, or 24%, from 1998 to 1999, primarily due to increased spending on product development programs including product development of acquired companies. Research and development spending increased 7% from 1997 to 1998, primarily due to increased spending on development of microprocessor products.