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To: Urlman who wrote (63710)	9/1/1998 3:43:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - IBM's Copper PowerPC is fast - but Slower than Intel's Aluminum Pentium II. The PowerPC with Copper technology runs at 400 MHz - vs the 450 MHz Pentium II from Intel that IBM began to ship last week in its IBM PCs. Intel's Pentium II may be 0.235 micron device (5% shrink on the 0.25 micron process) but early indications from prior IBM papers indicate the 400 MHz PowerPC is a 0.20 micron part. Intel is not making headlines with copper - but it seems to be beating the IBM copper chips in performance. I wonder how long it will take some news "journalist" to deduce this rather obvious fact? Paul {===========================} Aug 31 1998 6:22PM - Bloomberg News IBM to Begin Shipping New Copper-Based Computer Chips (Update2) IBM to Begin Shipping New Copper-Based Computer Chips (Update2) (Adds IBM's microprocessor revenue in 7th paragraph.) Armonk, New York, Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- IBM Corp. tomorrow will begin distributing new high-speed, copper-based chips fordesktop and mobile computers that the world's largest computer company is counting on to boost its microprocessor sales. IBM will ship two variations of its copper-enhanced 400- megahertz chip to computer makers. Its PowerPC 750 features cache, which speeds up processing, and is targeted at desktop and mobile computers, and networking and telecommunications devices. The cache-less PowerPC 740 is designed for hand-held devices. Armonk, New York-based IBM said last September that it had perfected copper-based computer chips. Copper conducts electricity better than the current chip standard, aluminum, and therefore provides faster performance. IBM expects its copper technology to find its way into a range of devices, including printers, consumer electronics and computer-storage systems. ''It gives them quite a boost in an industry where the software is stable and processor improvements are worth paying for,'' said Richard Doherty, research director at Envisioneering Group Inc., a Seaford, New York-based research firm. The copper chips -- designed from an aluminum-based 300MHz chip -- will be slightly smaller and consume 58 percent less power than current PowerPC processors, IBM said. ''What's most significant is that they got copper out a year after they announced it, '' said Tony Massimini, an analyst with Semico Research Corp., a Phoenix-based research firm. ''It makes copper very credible.'' Microprocessor-related revenue -- including chip sales and manufacturing -- accounted for $2 billion, or 3 percent, of IBM's $78.5 billion in overall revenue last year, Doherty said. IBM plans to make copper-based chips designed by other chip- makers for various uses by late next year. The new chips and IBM's recently announced Silicon-On-Insulator technology will likely fuel double-digit sales growth in its microelectronics division over the next 12 months, Doherty said. Next year, IBM will use copper in processors running its most powerful computers, including the S/390 mainframe, the AS/400 and the RS/6000. IBM's biggest customers initially for the copper chips will be Apple Computer Inc., analysts said The chips should give Cupertino, California-based Apple ''the hottest, most sought-after workstations around,'' Doherty said, and shore up Apple in the desktop publishing market. Apple could not be reached for comment. IBM shares fell 9 15/16 to 112 5/8. Apple shares fell 3 to 31 3/16. --Jeff Bliss in the Princeton newsroom (609) 279-4086/cap Story Illustration: To see a graph of IBM's stock price in recent months, see: IBM US Search News Enter ticker symbol or keyword: