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To: Paul V. who wrote (19257)	5/11/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: jtechkid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

JUST BOUGHT JUNE 40 puts -pretty good price. bought it at 4.125

To: Paul V. who wrote (19257)	5/11/1998 12:59:00 PM
From: jtechkid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

REPORT--alex brown-stated that amat denies the accuracy of the report about the layoffs. ----this is what alex heard--11 mandatory shutdown days throughout 1998, shutdown every second friday in the near term,,, reduction of temporary and contract staff,,, aggressive cuts in discretionary spending,, amat said that are not cutting permanent staff. take everything with a caution-only thing i see is this is a serious downtown. how bad is the question?

To: Paul V. who wrote (19257)	5/11/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Intel Opens First 0.25 Micron Microprocessor Production Factory in Europe Monday May 11, 11:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Company to Convert Entire Ireland Site to 0.25 Micron Production LEIXLIP, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1998--Intel Corporation (INTC) officially opened the first 0.25 micron microprocessor production factory within Europe, the company announced today. The new factory, called Fab 14, will produce advanced microprocessors -- such as the Pentium(R) II, Pentium(R) II Xeon(TM), and Intel(R) Celeron(TM) processors -- for the worldwide computer market. Fab 14 cost $1.3 billion (U.S.) to build and equip. The company also announced that it will convert Fab 10 (which is next to the new factory) to the 0.25 micron process technology. Intel expects the Fab 10 conversion to be completed next year at a cost of several hundred million dollars. ''Intel's ability to seamlessly ramp 0.25 micron process technology into full production has allowed us to bring higher performance microprocessors to customers at lower relative costs than any other time in history,'' said Craig Barrett, Intel president and chief operating officer. ''Intel will convert its entire microprocessor production to 0.25 micron technology by the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year. Ireland will play an important role in that conversion...'' The entire article can be found at: biz.yahoo.com