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To: Larry Loeb who wrote (32169)	4/25/1998 1:24:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584437

<I wouldn't be surprised if Intel tried to let AMD and Samsung do all the production.> But of course! Intel doesn't need that turkey Alpha, and AMD doesn't either. DEC couldn't keep 1 fab full makings Alphas so what's going to happen when 3 companies are competing? Intel got a fab and ARM for their money so I guess they can make a few wafers for DEC, but AMD is out of their minds if they waste fab capacity making Alpha. EP

To: Larry Loeb who wrote (32169)	4/25/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1584437

Larry - Re: "Heck, isn't that why DEC wanted to do this in the first place?" DEC's intent, in my opinion, was to get Intel to fabricate the Alpha chips to offload the expense from DEC - and onto Intel. Along similar lines, DEC wanted access to Intel's advanced process capability (0.25 and 0.18 micron) and HIGH YIELDS to further the development of Alpha without the expense of developing these technologies themselves. Adding AMD to the MIX sounds great for the FTC and "Fair Competition" but DEC doesn't need 3 sources - they need ONE RELIABLE SOURCE with a very low cost structure - and that isn't AMD. Paul