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To: Richard Wang who wrote (5285)	3/26/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 6843

Richard, <news by Wang News Service> That was great, thanks very much. It must be a hard text to comprehend for someones barking around at the traffic:-) I suspect it must be not easy to make such a move in the company, I mean internally. The vacation is open, which must create some "career opportunities" for insiders. All the high management must be quite excited competing for the position... Especially knowing the famous statement from the new CEO about half-life of an engineer... These are some issues you may take a close look in your future WNS. Thanks again, Ali

To: Richard Wang who wrote (5285)	3/26/1998 12:05:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 6843

I have to admit I was laughing pretty hard at the Wang News Service release. I suppose by the logic of the Intel people who posted about Burkett's departure, Intel must be in hot water. I'm not sure that's really the case. Anyway, I did find it amusing that on thre same day Grove leaves, Intel announces a share buyback which will boost the market price, apparently so Grove can start unloading his shares at higher prices. <GG> Kevin

To: Richard Wang who wrote (5285)	3/26/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: James Yu	Respond to of 6843

Richard, Your accurate news really shock Intelbees but it is not surprised to the members of AMD. Grove already abandoned the ship on October, 1997 - Andy Grove sold 520,000 shares at average price of $81.375 ($42,315,000.00). www4.techstocks.com www4.techstocks.com www4.techstocks.com www4.techstocks.com www4.techstocks.com If we look at the future EGR(Earnings Growth Rate - some intellbees worship) as follow: 1997: $3.97 1998: $3.40 1999: $4.05 ------------ 1998: -14.35% negative growth 1999: 2% growth From the figures, we know why Andy Grove stepped down. What we can say is SORRY, ANDY, YOUR GLORY DAYS ARE GONE WITH THE WIND. LET SOME ONES RUN THE SHOW (AMD and CYRX). Best wishes James

To: Richard Wang who wrote (5285)	3/26/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: Brian Hutcheson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Richard , Great post , I nominate Stockman or Yousef for CEO , since they are always telling us how much better they know the business than AMD's management , Brian

To: Richard Wang who wrote (5285)	3/26/1998 7:53:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Richard, is it also your production? Read this joke, competition is catching up: news.com "Slow to recognize the sub-$1,000 PC market, the chip giant will aggressively attack the market for inexpensive TV set-top boxes with a new line of low-cost Celeron processors, a company executive said today." "In the fall of 1999, computer makers will begin to ship $399 set-top boxes based around an Intel Celeron processor, Aymar said." "From $399 and up, they will all be a Celeron processor," Aymar revealed. "All the Celerons will be based on the P6 microarchitecture until the next generation. We are not going to go backwards and we are not going to rename the Pentium MMX." "As it continues to reduce Celeron's price, Intel plans to make up the difference in margin through volume. But Aymar acknowledged that the shift changes the company's historical business model. "We expect to be a 50 percent gross margin company, plus or minus" a few percentage points, he said." "Sites that will run Microsoft's upcoming Chrome technology, for example, require the viewer to use a 350-MHz Pentium II at a minimum. By "going backward," computer vendors could not give this functionality to consumers. Chrome is a 3D technology that makes it easier for designers to build 3D versions of Web sites." "Analysts have said that the Pentium II generates more heat than comparable RISC processors. Aymar countered by stating that computer vendors can design around the heat issue by using heat sinks." -------- I think this does not require many comments. "agreessively attacking... fall 1999 ... $399 box"; heat sinks were also kind of neat, and 50% as well :) My most concern is about the M$ "Chrome technology". Does it mean that, instead of waiting several minutes today for a flashing banner ad to be loaded before any meaningful web content shows up, we are doomed to wait 20-30 minutes before some 3D-idiot will suck all the bandwidth to advertise bunny dolls? Right? Is this that killing application all the computer world is dreaming for? Regards, Ali