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To: akidron who wrote (15346)	2/2/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: Teri Skogerboe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Way off-topic, I used to forgive Clinton alot, but I finally threw in the towel on him (unlike AMAT). I think Clinton "rationalizes away" behavior. And, it has just GONE ON TOO LONG!! I agree that he is probably a "people-person", and that he has some good points. But lately, I have lost all respect, sadly. Oh yeah, I forgot this, I thought Bush, Powell, Cheney et al handled the Gulf conflict beautifully with one BIG exception, Sadam. I'm not sure how they managed to mess that up in the end there, except that we never had authority to go after him, as such. But we could have got him by "shear accident". The man is dangerous. And if I were there right now, I guess I'd be dead for saying this. Now that's a thought! The book entitled, "The President's Men" was about the time period leading up to the Gulf conflict, I think (it's been too long since I read it). Anyway, I am and basically always have been a big Dick Cheney fan. IMO, he's a very smart man.

To: akidron who wrote (15346)	2/2/1998 6:43:00 PM
From: Teri Skogerboe	Respond to of 70976

techweb.cmp.com Monday, Feb. 2, 1998 Vol. 6, No. 33 c 1998, CMP Media Inc. By Robert Henkel The following is a summary and analysis of stories appearing in the Feb. 2 editions of Electronic Buyers' News and EE Times as well as the February issue of Semiconductor Business News. Trouble in Rambus city? The big move to Direct Rambus memories may be facing significant delays. Intel had planned to shift PC main memory to 100-megahertz SDRAMs in '98, followed by Direct Rambus in '99. The DRAM business was roiled this past week by reports that Intel had reconsidered this time table and had drawn up new specs for a 2.5-volt 133-megahertz DRAM that could be used in place of Direct Rambus for a future chip set, sources tell David Lammers & Anthony Cataldo of EE Times. Intel underestimated the time it may take to reduce the die size penalty and the resultant cost difference between the Direct Rambus and DDR SDRAMs, says a Japanese executive. "I wouldn't say Intel made a mistake in choosing Rambus," he says. "What they failed to realize is how long it will take to implement that technology and get costs down." Korea's ailing chip makers It's hard to overstate the seriousness of the problems facing the South Korean chip industry. Samsung, Hyundai, and LG Semicon are scrambling now to survive. How they extricate themselves from their staggering financial crisis will do a lot to determine the direction and make up of the global DRAM market over the next decade, Jack Robertson writes in Semiconductor Business News. "Korean DRAM makers must cut their costs significantly to survive--there is no other way," says a Hyundai official. ....snip.....