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To: JBINWC who wrote (29646)	3/7/1998 8:51:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1587364

JBINWC - Re: " how can AMD afford to buy S3, they are smart enough to figure a way to get it done, " Too bad they're (AMD) not smart enough to solve their own yield problems. Paul

To: JBINWC who wrote (29646)	3/8/1998 4:27:00 AM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587364

JBINWC, All as of end of the last year AMD had almost $500M in cash and $150M in credit. AMD recently filled for mixed financing for $1B. Their obligation to fab 30 in germany is for less than $300M over the next 2 years. That leaves $1.3B for fab 25 and other ventures. That is not counting potential tax credits etc. All indications are that there is something really big at work. I am not sure if AMD is going to buy s3 but the alliance of some sort would be very beneficial to AMD because of the patens and such, imho. Regards -Albert