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To: shane forbes who wrote (5227)	4/29/1998 1:50:00 PM
From: ILCUL8R	Respond to of 10921

Here is an article (from UK) and its URL. I was surprised no news service in the USA picked it up, at least that I have seen. Perhaps it is all just rumor. It speaks to talk of AMD's demise, as we know it. theregister.co.uk AMD close to sell-off Triple move will end all problems Posted 23 April 1998 A source close to AMD's plans told The Register today how the company will be disposed of. According to the senior executive, AMD will be divided into three parts, as CEO Jerry Sanders nears retirement. The K6 chip part, the source said, is likely to end up in IBM Microelectronics hands. The profitable and lucrative networking business will be spun off as a separate unit. And the third, logic unit, is likely to be sold to the biggest bidder. 3Com is the favourite for the third part. National Semiconductor, the executive said, will not get a look into the sale. He said that Jerry Sanders, CEO of AMD, is insistent this does not happen. IBM Micro, which shares the same offices in Geneva as AMD Europe, is the natural choice for a partner. There is a precedent for the second part, he said, citing Advantis. To maximise shareholders' money, the networking unit will continue under the name AMD. The logic unit is up for grabs because AMD has a number of top - ex Synoptics engineers - which can deliver solutions in the Ethernet market, the executive said. The deal, he said, was likely to happen sooner rather than later. Jerry Sanders is 59 and is understood to want to retire soon. No one from AMD could comment at press time on this speculative story delivered by a senior executive.