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To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573844

Ali, Re: "I mean you Paul Engel and you, Yousef "F*ckInSo"." RELAX Ali ... Too much of Albert's "cheap coffee" ?? <ggg> Paul, Elmer and I are just "correcting" a few AMDolts that have learned "everything they know" on this thread ... A little bit of knowledge is "dangerous". No need to worry Ali, you have NO knowledge ... You're just a "screwdriver". <ggg> Make It So, Yousef

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573844

Ali wrote re: Pauleron and Yousef <Could you two just stop clogging the thread?> No kidding. Don't you guys ever sleep? Sheesh. And just to show I'm contributing.....here is an article on low-cost pcs on news.com: news.com A snip: <Apple isn't the only vendor benefiting from the surge in non-Intel based PC sales. Sub-$1,000 AMD-based PCs accounted for 37 percent of retail sales last month, and National Semiconductor took about 30 percent of these sales. "Overall, Intel has about 46 percent of the retail market, and Intel has the franchise on anything about $1,500," Baker said. "Basically, Intel has a lot of competition." Baker said he expects PC prices to continue to decline over the next few months. "There are the twin problems of the high-end continuing to shrink, and the lowest end of the market growing rapidly," he said.> -Scot

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 11:54:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1573844

Ail - Re: "Could you two just stop clogging the thread?" What do you mean by CLOGGING ? Can't you post your Slash & Burn "Creaming your pants"- type of posts? Paul

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 11:59:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573844

Ail - Re: "Could you two just stop clogging the thread?" Wo...having another bad day, huh, AIl? Did another customer drop in and order a half dozen 450 MHz Pentium II machines from you? You just can't stand this kind of prosperity, can you? Paul

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573844

Ali, I can see you're in a bad mood today so I thought I'd post a link to cheer you up. "The trend is absolutely that Intel architecture/Windows NT will be the dominant player over time" news.com Funny, I didn't see anything about K7s EP

To: Ali Chen who wrote (43804)	12/22/1998 12:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1573844

Ail - Here's an AMD news story for you. You can read about a joint development to help AMD expand its LAN chip business. Paul {==============================} ebnews.com AMD fills gap in LAN-chip line with equity stake in Adhoc By Mark LaPedus Electronic Buyers' News (12/21/98, 01:34:45 PM EDT) Hoping to enter new, large LAN/WAN chip markets next year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced a major technology alliance with Adhoc Technology Inc., a San Jose-based supplier of physical-layer (PHY) ICs for Fast Ethernet networks. The deal has been expected for months. As reported in EBN last summer, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD had been in serious discussions to co-develop chips with Adhoc, and was even looking at taking an equity interest in the start-up. The two companies have been mum about their discussions since that time, but this week AMD will confirm that it will take an undisclosed equity stake in Adhoc. The deal is expected to fill some critical holes in AMD's LAN chip portfolio. AMD currently sells a line of media-access controllers (MACs) for Fast Ethernet networks, but it has not previously had PHY IC technology. Early next year, sources said, AMD is expected to announce a line of stand-alone, pin-compatible PHY chips based on Adhoc's technology, which will put it in competition with the two leaders in that booming business-Broadcom Corp. and Level One Communications Inc. “The partnership with Adhoc provides AMD with PHY technology that enables system designers to both cost-reduce and simplify the design of their Fast Ethernet switches and repeaters,” said Laila Razouk, vice president and general manager of AMD's Network Products Division. AMD did not disclose its future product plans, but Dataquest Inc. analyst Jeremey Donovan said the company will leverage Adhoc's technology in other areas as well. “AMD will benefit by this alliance with Adhoc in other ways,” Donovan said. “AMD will use [Adhoc's technology] to develop combination MAC/ PHY chips, repeater ICs, and possibly switch ICs for Fast Ethernet networks.” The deal is also a shot in the arm for 16-month-old Adhoc, which is looking to unseat Broadcom, Level One, and others in the PHY IC market. Adhoc recently licensed its PHY IC technology to NEC Corp., but the Japanese company did not take an equity position in the PHY IC specialist.