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To: Ali Chen who wrote (29602)	3/6/1998 1:03:00 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586981

Craig Barret is COO, so he's already running things for the most part. Nobody can fill Grove's shoes however. I don't believe I'm overestimating Dr. Grove's contribution to Intel. Bob

To: Ali Chen who wrote (29602)	3/6/1998 1:55:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1586981

Ali - Re: " and Intel may quickly fall apart as a house of cards (hopefully:). " If Intel collapsed, closed up shop today, AMD might possibly, possibly have a chance to become successful. But that is very doubtful. Other little companies would come along and EAT AMD's lunch in CPUs. As a history lesson, AMD BOUGHT - again with SHAREHOLDER MONEY - Monolithic Memories - the inventor of programmable logic - in 1987. So, where is AMD today in programmable logic? They have Vantis - the remains of MMI - and they are in 5'th or 6'th place in programmable logic behind Xilinx, ALtera, Lattice, Actel, etc - and sinking fast. Your visions of AMD grandeur are just that - visions. Don't ignore reality, Ali - it's all around you. Paul