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To: Elmer who wrote (35866)	8/12/1998 2:07:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1585652

Elmer - Re: " Remember you and alBeRT?" Yes - it was an exact parallel - aLbErT accused me of plagiarism and repeatedly SNIVELED out of producing any proof. I think that led to his expulsion from the SI forum. I think he has a big audience on the AMD Pwivate Thwead. Paul

To: Elmer who wrote (35866)	8/12/1998 2:10:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1585652

Elmer & AMD Investors - Some Flash Competition for AMD - TOSHIBA AMD's Flash operation will be under more pressure (read - falling ASP's) with Toshiba going after some of AMD's Flash business. That Q4 profit may prove "elusive". Paul {===========================} ebnews.com Toshiba Scores A Direct Hit In Flash Memory Turf Wars (2:10 p.m. EDT, 8/11/98) By Jack Robertson The Japanese flash memory turf wars heated up today as Toshiba unveiled 16-megabit NOR chips to compete with Fujitsu and Advanced Micro Devices, who are planning to enter the NAND type market late next year against Toshiba and Samsung. All the companies last year had signaled their intentions to add competing flash memory types to compete against each other in the different market segments. The NOR flash market that Toshiba is moving into is focused on wireless communications devices and PC bootup Bios, while NAND flash is concentrated on high storage density as a replacement for floppy disks. Toshiba had previously tested the NOR market, but today said it is moving aggressively into the field with its 16-Mbit device, available in 1.8V or 2.7V configurations. The NOR flash chips have 0.4-micron feature size, with either a 2M x 8 or 1M x 16 design. The Fujitsu/AMD initial 64-Mbit NAND flash memory will be compatible with the Toshiba and Samsung devices. Fujitsu officials earlier said they would enter the NAND market when a high-density chip had been developed, offering enough storage to be cost-competitive with magnetic disk units. Sharp Electronics in June also disclosed that the traditional NOR-flash supplier is also developing a new type high-data storage device to compete in the NAND market. However, Sharp said it will use its own proprietary ACT (asymmetric contactless transistor) chip architecture, with initial products expected to be ready in two years.