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Technology Stocks : Logpoint Technologies (LGPT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mnispel who wrote (371)	10/9/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: mnispel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 698

Intel's Merced and floating point: See EETIMES: eetimes.com "The floor plan of the chip indicates a massive floating-point unit. This would be in keeping with Intel's stated design goal of keeping Merced's performance in step with anything its RISC competitors can throw at it. " Mark N

To: mnispel who wrote (371)	10/10/1998 4:13:00 PM
From: E Wilson	Respond to of 698

Great post Mark...thanks for the info! I agree with your synopsis that a buyout is a likely alternative. The question is if, when, who and how much. I also firmly believe that if the technology is what they say it is, LGPT's product is worth a great deal of $$$ to the industry in the short, mid and long term. Particularly considering the fact that the industry is continually moving towards more and more fp intensive technologies coupled with an emphasis on low-cost PCs and embedded systems. IMO, the future looks very bright. As a side note: When I spoke with IR last week, he mentioned "off the record" that he felt a buyout was possible. Here's some more news from our friends at Intel talking about processors beyond Merced: Intel outlines road to McKinley processor eet.com Have a great weekend and GO LGPT!!! E Wilson Electronics Hardware Engineer

To: mnispel who wrote (371)	10/16/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: TBowden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 698

Hello everyone. Mark, Thanks for your informative post. I've been following LGPT and this thread for a few months now. I had never really thought in terms of a buyout before but I think you are right. While LGPT may have the technology, some big fish like IBM or Intel has the resources to bring this thing to market much faster and broader than a small company like LGPT will be able to do for perhaps quite a while. Assuming that management was interested, how much do you guys think this thing would go for in, say a stock swap with Intel or IBM or some other big fish? $100 Million? $500 million? $1 billion? $5 billion? How much would global fp domination for the foreseeable future be worth to one of these guys? T. Bowden in at $2.15 (and planning on loading up). GO LGPT!!!