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To: Paul Engel who wrote (47635)	2/11/1998 2:47:00 PM
From: henry tan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

i740 debut tomorrow. Have used Rage Pro from ATI and runs sleek with Games using DirectX. AGP is cool. While reciving the cable on the background, I realized the processor usage is almost 0. and I can still work on things at foreground without interrupt. The only thing I could complain is that Rrage Pro support 640 * 480 mode in video capture . This won't utlize my big diaply. There will be one more choice for AGP video card, consumers will be the winners news.com -Henry

To: Paul Engel who wrote (47635)	2/11/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Flair	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Ibexx, Sonny, and all, - "Intel Developer Forum". 02/17/98 - 02/19/98 (Pacific Time) 02/17/98 9:00am - Keynote speech by Andy Grove. 02/18/98 8:00am - Keynote speech by Allen Yu. 02/19/98 8:00am - Keynote speech by Pat Gelsinger. Forum schedule. developer.intel.com developer.intel.com

To: Paul Engel who wrote (47635)	2/11/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, It looks pretty bad for the multimedia graphics chips players. Intel looks very serious about making every computer as good as a Nintendo 64. I bet there are some pissed off people at SIII. I remember about a year and a half ago they were working pretty closely with Intel. I'm glad I sold my TRID a while ago. Whew! :-) Michael ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ By Michael Kanellos news.com February 11, 1998, 11:05 a.m. PT Intel's (INTC) first high-end 3D graphics chip, the i740, will be announced tomorrow, sources in the graphics industry say. By most accounts, the introduction could alter the market for good. The i740 is expected to perform in the same league as the Riva 128 from Nvidia and the RagePro product line from ATI, two of the leading 3D PC graphics chips manufacturers. It should cost between $25 to $35, the same as the other chips, and will be made on the 0.35-micron process. After the main microprocessor, graphics chips are the most critical piece of silicon in personal computers today. These chips handle the manipulation of images users see on their computer screens and are increasingly important as computer interfaces and 3D games become more sophisticated and demanding. The chip will first be marketed on add-on boards as a separate part. The i740, however, comes to market backed by the massive manufacturing and financial infrastructure of Intel. Even if the i740 never becomes the leading performance chip for PC games in the market, observers say it will be a strong chip that can be pumped out in volume relatively cheaply, much to the detriment of other graphics chip vendors. It will also be the first in a slew of graphics products coming from the chip giant that will span from workstations to portables. Intel is an investor in CNET: The Computer Network. "Very few of the manufacturers have the access to the fabs that Intel does," said Peter Glaskowsky, senior analyst at MicroDesign Resources. A "fab" is a manufacturing plant. "S3 could be the big loser here--it doesn't sell to the performance market. Intel has the resources to beat S3 on those terms and they have the performance," he added. Performancewise, the main i740 competitor is the Riva 128 and other high-end 3D chips, according to Dean McCarron, principal at Mercury Research. Nvidia's chip sits toward the top on the 3D solutions at the moment and also has been picked up by manufacturers such as Compaq for use in workstations. The chip was designed in conjunction with Real 3D, which is part-owned by Intel and Lockheed Martin. "Intel is at the top end of the performance band [with the i740], but it is not without competition," Glaskowsky summarized. Michael Hara, director of strategic marketing at Nvidia, acknowledged that Intel has a leg up in manufacturing but said that the Riva will continue to enjoy performance advantages, especially as it has already been tested in the market. Intel is "a much bigger presence in the manufacturing world. It has that advantage," he said. Nonetheless, "we are going to ultimately be competitive," Hara added. An Intel spokeswoman earlier confirmed that the chip will come out in the first quarter of 1998 and also stated that the concerns about heat dissipation from previous reports may be exaggerated. ÿ