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To: Investor A who wrote (3563)	1/7/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: James Yu	Respond to of 6843

To Investor A and All, Here is a good news for AMD and CYRX. If someone already posted, forgive me. Taiwan is fast becoming the world's manufacturing center for sub-$1,000 PCs - most of which are base on non-Intel processors. January 05, 1998, Taiwan is hub of sub-$1,000 PC manufacturing - Mark LaPedus Taipei, Taiwan- Taiwan is fast becoming the world's manufacturing center for sub-$1,000 PCs - most of which are based on non-Intel processors. In fact, Compaq Computer Corp., IBM Corp., Packard Bell/NEC, and other major OEMs are rushing to Taiwan to source huge volumes of what has become the hottest product in the worldwide PC industry today. For example, to boost its capacity of low-cost PCs, Houston-based Compaq has quietly expanded its OEM manufacturing alliance with Mitac-International Corp., Taipei. Under the terms of the alliance, Mitac will build Compaq's new line of sub-$1,000 PCs based on Cyrix Corp.'s MediaGX processors on an OEM basis, according to Donald Floyd, an analyst at ING Barings Taiwan Ltd., Taipei. Mitac, which declined to comment on the deal, has in the past been a pure "Intel house," sources said. Mitac currently builds PCs for Compaq based on Intel Corp.'s processors. Compaq also has its MediaGX-based, sub-$1,000 PCs built on an OEM basis by First International Computer Inc. (FIC), Taipei. Compaq and FIC signed that OEM deal late last year. Other PC OEMs are jumping onto the MediaGX bandwagon. Packard Bell/NEC is preparing to launch its first non-Intel PC, a sub-$1,000 model based on the MediaGX chip, according to sources. Packard Bell/NEC reportedly will have this product built on an OEM basis by its longtime manufacturing partner, Taipei-based GVC Corp. But not all OEMs are embracing the MediaGX. IBM's low-end PC models are based on both Cyrix's 6x86MX and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s K6 processors. Still, IBM's low-end PCs are built on an OEM basis by Acer Inc., Taipei. "Taiwan is the place [to source] low-cost PCs," Stan Shih, Acer's chairman and chief executive, said in an interview earlier this year. Shih was referring to Taiwan's expertise in low-cost PC manufacturing, coupled with the island's rich sources of inexpensive peripherals and components. Copyright (c) 1998 CMP Media Inc. Best wishes James