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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47078)	1/22/1999 10:26:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580595

Intel's new notebook chips I get this thing in my email that sends news of companies you keep track of, and I recieved this: "INTEL CORP is expected to introduce four new chips for laptop computers Monday, with the fastest version running at 366 megahertz. The Santa Clara, Calif. chip giant should introduce two new chips in the high-performance Pentium II family that run at 333 megahertz and 366 megahertz. Intel will also release two new laptop chips in its economy line, Celeron, which run at 266 megahertz and 300 megahertz. Intel's closest rival, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, released two new chips for laptops Jan. 13. The AMD K6-2 processors run at 266, 300 and 333 megahertz and have a top price of $299. In contrast, the Intel offerings will have a wider price range. Intel's new Celerons for laptops are expected to cost between $100 and $200, while the highest-performing Pentium II will cost in the neighborhood of $700, said Nathan Brookwood, principal of Insight 64, a consulting firm in Saratoga, Calif. (Dow Jones) " If the PII PE costs around $700, and If AMD keeps their policy of 25% less than Intel, the higher MHz notebook K6-3s should sell for about $525. Although the volume won't be very high for these K6-3s, the money generated from them will be outstanding. Imagine this, If AMD only sells 100,000 of these in Q2, it will be the equivalent of selling 525,000 K6-2s at $100.

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47078)	1/22/1999 10:55:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580595

Congressman: Intel chip a privacy hazard _____________________________________________________________________ Congressman: Intel chip a privacy hazard By Tim Clark Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 22, 1999, 5:35 p.m. PT A senior U.S. Congressman has written Intel CEO Craig Barrett, expressing concerns that Intel's plan to put serial numbers on its next-generation Pentium chips raises serious privacy issues. Intel says the letter is based on a misunderstanding of the company's intent and technology. The office of U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the House Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, today released the text of the letter. "In my opinion, Intel's new product improves technology for online commerce in a way that compromises personal privacy," Markey wrote Barrett. Intel announced this week that it will embed serial numbers on each of its new Pentium III chips in an effort to improve Internet security. Privacy advocates have said the announcement could lead to the erosion of computer users' privacy, and now Congressman Markey is taking up their cause. "It's clear that Congressman Markey doesn't have the complete story," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. "We will be in touch on Monday to set up a briefing. He doesn't seem to understand that the end user, the consumer has the ultimate authority to turn the [display of the serial number] on and off." "We are in agreement in principle with a lot of the comments in the letter," Mulloy added. Markey's office released a copy of the letter with a press release late today. "I hope that Intel will seek to design its products to improve the security of electronic commerce transactions without putting consumer privacy at risk," Markey's letter concluded. "I encourage you to examine the privacy implications of the Pentium III and ascertain whether further improvements can be made to better balance both commercial and privacy objectives." The serial numbers to be embedded in Intel's Pentium III processor could be misused to identify and collect data on Web surfers, some privacy advocates warn. But Intel argues that the technology will actually make the Net a safer place. news.com _____________________________________________________________________ I doubt that Representative could do much, especially when one can disable the extra features. The only thing that could hurt Intel is the fact that you have to disable it every time you turn your computer on. I thought this was interesting - Intel's trial with the FTC coming up Intel gives the Department of Energy free access to the Pentium for use to develop a radiation-proof chip A gov't Representative says an Intel chip is a security hazard Almost getting to look like a soap opera. ;)

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47078)	1/23/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580595

Cringe, Re: "Hopefully, that last sentence should change in AMD's favor when the numbers come out next year. AMD's share rose to 15.5 percent from 6.6 percent in the year-earlier quarter, IDC said." Cringe, With AMD slipping their new products (K6-3 & K6-2 450mhz) and having problems with their old products (K6-2 400mhz), why is it that you expect AMD ASP's to increase ?? Seems like ASP's in Q1 will be below the Q4 numbers and earnings will be less due to falling ASPs and Dresden "turn-on". Make It So, Yousef