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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (46866)	1/21/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1572946

Jim, This is the stuff I spoke of 2 weeks ago. The software people will love iy. Built in dongles in all machines. I bet some dongle patent holders will be infringed? Bill

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (46866)	1/21/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Daniel Shaffer	Respond to of 1572946

Re. Intel plan to embed ID codes If this is seen as a pro-consumer improvement, AMD and others will have to match it. As far as overclocking goes, I don't think it would mean any "speeding tickets", but could help catch those who are deliberately misleading consumers. "But with an electronic ID attached to each processor, consumers will be able to check their processor against Intel's database of products and find out at what speed the processor was sold. This still allows hobbyists who want to overclock their PCs to do so, while cracking down on the frauds."