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To: David Lawrence who wrote (21553)	9/16/1998 4:50:00 PM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

Tuesday September 15, 10:07 pm Eastern Time Intel unveils computer chip for home networking biz.yahoo.com . . . .Intel is now targeting handheld computers and entertainment set-top boxes with chips such as the StrongArm processor that it purchased from Digital Equipment Corp. as a new product segment. Intel said it was also creating new generations of the StrongArm, due out sometime in the first half of 1999. ''It's focused on smart, hand-held devices and Internet access devices,'' an Intel spokesman said. . . . .Later, in a conference call with reporters, the chip giant talked about its focus on the networking market for homes and small offices. . . . .Later, in a conference call with reporters, the chip giant talked about its focus on the networking market for homes and small offices. Intel's new networking chip uses technology developed by privately held Tut Systems, which taps into the unused potential of the ordinary copper wire used in telephone lines. By using a telephone line, consumers and small business owners will be able to form a network with multiple PCs and to link it to external devices, such as printers, scanners, CD-ROM players, without having to rewire their office or home. The telephone could be used at the same time as the PC network was engaged because voice is using a different frequency than the data traffic, Intel said. ''No one is going to run coax (coaxial) cable in their house unless they have a master's degree in EE (electronic engineering) or something,'' Barrett told reporters. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker said that it was shipping samples of the chip to some PC makers and makers of peripheral devices such as printers and scanners. Volume production is expected in February 1999. Barrett said Intel preferred to focus on the home and small office segment of the networking business as part of a push into that area of the computer business. . . .