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To: Tony Viola who wrote (54296)	4/23/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Larry Loeb	Respond to of 186894

I hope that's all that the FTC requires. Ordering then becomes Compaq's headache and Intel can utilize their facilities for their main business. Larry

To: Tony Viola who wrote (54296)	4/23/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: Larry Loeb	Respond to of 186894

Hot off the wires: Dow Jones Newswires -- April 23, 1998 FTC Clears Intel Buy of Digital Equip Chip Assets WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Federal Trade Commission cleared Intel Corp.'s (INTC) proposed acquisition of Digital Equipment Corp.'s (DEC) microprocessor assets, provided Digital licenses its Alpha chip technology to other companies. The FTC said the sale, as originally contemplated, would have threatened competition by placing production of the Alpha technology solely in the hands of Digital's main competitor - Intel. That could have endangered the continuing and future development of the Alpha chip, regarded by many as the fastest microprocessor in the world. Under a proposed settlement, those concerns would be resolved by requiring that Digital license Alpha technology to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Samsung Electronics Co., or another FTC-approved company, the commission said. Yeah. The Alpha will have producers. I'm certain that AMD will chose to produce the Alpha over the K-6 so they can pay licensing fees to Compaq!! The FTC shows a keen grasp of the subtleties of the microprocessor business. ;-) Larry