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To: Yaacov who wrote (22877)	2/24/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 27012

February 24, 1999 12:16 Intel Announces Enterprise Technology Center, Chipset Program for Future Merced Processor Jump to first matched term PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1999--Intel Corporation today announced the opening of an Enterprise Technology Center and a cooperative Merced chipset development effort for future IA-64 based servers. Located in DuPont, Wash., the Enterprise Technology Center will provide a collaborative environment for Intel and enterprise solution providers to co-define and develop specifications and implementations of advanced core technology features for future IA-based server platforms. Through this collective effort, reusable core platform components can be optimized to meet stringent enterprise requirements and be brought to market faster. Industry enterprise providers can expand and maximize their research and development efforts on their own higher value-added differentiated products. Initial Enterprise Technology Center efforts will focus on platform power and cooling, reliability, availability, scalability, and I/O technologies. "To better serve the demands of the enterprise server market, it is important for Intel to take the entire solution into account and work closely with the industry to provide effective, and robust IA-based products," said John Miner, vice president and general manager, Intel Enterprise Server Group. "It is important to begin this working relationship early in the development process before key architectural hardware and software decisions have been made. These programs emphasize Intel's strong commitment to working with the industry to advance and innovate IA-based enterprise server capabilities." In addition to working with Intel, participants can lease private workspace within the Enterprise Technology Center for their proprietary product development. They can also utilize the Center's lab resources and Intel's on-site technical support as needed. To date, Bull, Data General, Fujitsu, Hitachi, ICL, NEC, Siemens, Sequent and Unisys have signed memorandums of understanding with Intel regarding participation in the Enterprise Technology Center. Cooperative Chipset Program for Intel's Future Merced Processor Intel has also been working with Hitachi, NEC and Siemens for the past two and one-half years on the implementation of a 4-way server chipset to support Intel's future Merced processor. Through collaboration with Hitachi, NEC and Siemens, Intel is developing a robust, high-volume chipset solution that will be made available to the industry concurrent with the Merced processor availability. Hitachi, NEC, and Siemens are each aggressively developing differentiated high-end enterprise Merced processor based systems. In addition, each of these companies has opened an IA Applications Solution Center (ASC) to optimize performance of software applications running on their high-end Merced systems. Continued successful collaboration with enterprise solution providers is a top priority for Intel in 1999 as it drives for unified enterprise architecture throughout the server industry. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Note to Editors: Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara Marion Koehler, 408/765-3547 marion.koehler@intel.com

To: Yaacov who wrote (22877)	2/24/1999 5:01:00 PM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27012

Yaacov. Well, some nervous investors took A.G.'s speech, or maybe those of the opining analysts afterwards, a bit more seriously. Mr. Greenspan did not bash the markets but kept saying that reasonable people could disagree if the stock market was overpriced. (this reasonably people could disagree phrase is put on by me. It's a new Clinton saga phrase and sounds pretty good. gg. ) He did say that you never really know for sure when it's really overpriced. Well, he kind of used this word bubble. Some analysts kept saying that he probably would like the market down some but decided to let the bond market do the dirty work. gg. Anyhow, we know by now that anything will be tried to keep the markets down. But A.G. did seem a bit less neutral than the last cpl of times. Mr. Battipaglia? who I like as an analyst (since he is always so bullish gg) believes that the market has a good chance to hit 10,000 by end of May. And then for the longer picture, infamous Mr. Acamporo thinks that the DOW will double or triple within the next 10 to 15 years. Should that come to pass, all this stuff today will look like a little blip on the way up. gg. Paine Weber's analyst, on the stock exchange floor, had thought earlier that the Dow was probably going to retrace the 9400 mark. He came on after the market closed, laughed and said that he did not expect it that soon. It closed a fraction under 9400. Another well known brokerage house analyst came on after the market closed and said that this was just some profit taking and that the market will go higher. Too much money out there. Yes, he thought that the bonds at 5.5% was a good buy for income accounts but for the majority of longterm investors, the stock market is the place to be. Alright, this was a little view of diff. analysts opinions in order to get you in the mood of what your analysts will say tomorrow morning. gg. Of course the bond market will be discussed at length for a while. Who knows what it will do to the markets near term. Maybe it will be up again tomorrow. I kept an eye on the market and saw my great paper profits from earlier today vanish. I would like to say: Easy come, easy go but somehow it never feels quite like it. gg. I just looked at my portfolio and noticed that I sustained some damage here. Yes, I was surprised of that particular damage in the Austrian Alps. There are always some snow caused accidents but this was a bit unusual. But it shows again that you can't put foolproof measures in place when it comes to Mother Nature. Sonny