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To: Gary Kao who wrote (39616)	11/8/1997 3:40:00 PM
From: StockMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

FYI, more news on bifurcation news.com While Intel discussed incorporating more graphics and audio functionality into its chip sets, the company specifically stated it would not follow the "system on a chip" strategy pioneered by Cyrix, in which graphics and other functions are hardwired to the main processor. Intel said it doesn't like the strategy because processor advancements happen at a different pace than advancements in graphics, which in turn forces all segments to follow the lowest common denominator. Also see my posts a few weeks ago on this system on a chip thing. The similarities are remarkable. Glag that Intel agrees with me :) :) It must mean they are doing something right!! www4.techstocks.com The general purpose nature of the CPU is lost (and as you have correctly pointed out, upgrading functionality) if MediaGX type functions are added. It also fragments the CPU's and this involves, different manufacturing and marketing issues. Stockman