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To: Tony Viola who wrote (59392)	7/7/1998 11:28:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Not good for Intel? Pentium II and Celeron not selling well. Plant closings. This article seems to verify that. AMD has the tiger by the tail... realworldtech.com AMD has discontinued their K6-233 processor. This means that all fabs will now be manufacturing with the .25 micron technology. In addition, IBM will be coming online soon with their fabs for AMD processors. It seems that 3rd quarter should see very good availability of the K6 and K6-2 processors. This will certainly be good news to both resellers and consumers, as recent shortages have created a big problem with retailers. Since IBM and HP have introduced K6-2 based computers, we expect that most of the available product has been sent their way and caused the current shortages we are seeing. In what must be good news to AMD, many customers are opting to purchase just a Super 7 motherboard, and wait for better K6-2 availability. Since these motherboards can run 'older' processors without a problem (for the most part), this is actually seen as a 'smarter' upgrade path, and will keep those customers in the AMD (Socket 7) playing field. Intel's recent plant shutdown is a further indication of two major trends in the industry. Though summer is typically very slow for resellers and manufacturers, this year has been one of the slowest on record, only partly due to the Asian financial crisis. Intel has not seen anywhere near the sales that they projected for the Pentium II and Celeron processors, while AMD has been slow to get their much-desired product to the marketplace in sufficient quantity. Though Intel has worked very hard to promote the benefits of Slot I and the P II, many consumers are simply not buying it (pun intended). The other, perhaps more significant reason seems to be that AMD has gained a great deal of recognition for their K6 and K6-2 processors, so many consumers have been waiting for the Super 7 boards/systems to appear. OEM sales are not as sensitive to this trend, because system purchasers are more interested in price and big name recognition, so this trend has not been as obvious to industry observers as to those who actually sell the components. With the success of AMD systems during Christmas, and the anticipated success of K6-2 systems this summer, we believe that the numbers will show that AMD has gained significant market share in 1998, due to their increased name recognition and pricing.

To: Tony Viola who wrote (59392)	7/7/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: denni	Respond to of 186894

here is a good internet play: The Intel New York Music Festival Presents: WWW.INTELFEST.COM; A Music Fan's Single Destination for Performances, Community and Commerce Business Wire - July 06, 1998 11:19 SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 6, 1998--Intel Corporation, together with co-executive producers Andrew Rasiej and Michael Dorf, announced today the official launch of the 1998 Intel New York Music Festival Website at www.intelfest.com. Site visitors will have the opportunity to see and hear over 300 band performances from 20 Manhattan, N.Y.-based clubs and exclusive interviews with select bands from Intel's Command Central. Fans will also have exclusive behind-the-scenes footage to experience, community-driven forums to participate in, and commerce opportunities where music and software can be purchased. "Intelfest.com is an online destination for music fans that will deliver the most comprehensive cyber-experience ever created," said Wendy Hafner, director of Intel's Music Marketing. "This is only the beginning, because the site itself is an important example of how music will be distributed, experienced and purchased in the future." Performances Over 300 live concerts will be cybercast on Intelfest.com over the course of four days, enabling artists to reach a global audience. These live concerts will be brought to the online audience via RealAudio(a) and RealVideo(a) streams, with five of the 20 clubs featuring digital photos (provided by EarthCam) that will be refreshed every 60 seconds. Intelfest.com also gives the online user the opportunity to see and hear the band of their choice each night of the festival utilizing a specially designed, Customized Media Player (CMP), which will make club hopping to all of these festival performances easier and more intuitive. Also available for viewing is a 24-hour Festival Highlights channel that will contain archived performances, artist interviews and behind-the-scenes produced segments. The CMP will serve as an online attendees "window" to all of the performances that make up the Intel New York Music Festival. In addition, a Backstage Pass area of the site will provide a behind-the-scenes view of the festival through digital photographs taken of the fans, the artists, the clubs and other interesting back and front stage happenings. Community Intelfest.com also allows music fans to interact with each other in club chat rooms. Once online attendees select a username and password, they will be able to visit and participate in the 20 different club chat rooms, and they can also post opinions, thoughts and observations on bulletin boards found on each of the Festival Band pages. These features will enable music fans to compare notes on a given band, club or just chat like they would at a traditional concert. Commerce The online audience will also have the ability to shop for a variety of music titles in a number of different formats in the Intelfest "E-Store." The ability to purchase music CDs, digitally mastered audio tracks and music software is a key component to this year's festival site. N2K's Music Boulevard online music superstore will enable online visitors to purchase CDs from their favorite Festival artists directly through Intelfest.com. As a special bonus, each music fan that purchases a $40 Festival pass will receive a discount coupon for a future Music Boulevard purchase. Music fans will be able to preview, download, and purchase digital audio tracks from a select group of Festival artists in the Liquid Lounge section of the Intelfest site. Net proceeds of each sale will be paid directly to the artists. Using Liquid Audio's Liquid Music Player CD, music fans can create their own custom playlist, turning their PC into a jukebox on their desktop. Also, the Liquid Music Player CD easily interfaces with popular CD-recorders enabling the creation of custom compilation CDs. The Festival store will also link directly to www.SoftwareForPCs.com, Intel's newly introduced online software store, which will offer specials on music software designed for Intel's Pentium(R) II processor. These music titles let music fans interact and explore music-based content. "With the launch of this site we have initiated the start of the largest online music event in history," said Rasiej. "Intelfest.com will allow music fans to participate in a festival environment from a connected PC anywhere in the world." Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. (a) Other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Intel Corporation Adam Grossberg, 408/765-1669 adam.grossberg@intel.com or PR 21 Bennett Kleinberg, 212/352-3431 bennett@pr21.com Evan Goetz, 212/352-3432 evan@pr21.com