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To: Aaron Cooperband who wrote (52549)	3/12/1999 6:07:00 PM
From: RDM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577910

<They seemed quite willing to take on Dec's fab even though it wasn't designed by them.> Intel had a Judge with a big gavel and a small voice that convinced them to buy the DEC fab. Intel has a copy exactly philosophy of fabs that makes it unlikely they will buy one.

To: Aaron Cooperband who wrote (52549)	3/12/1999 6:17:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1577910

Aaron - Re: "From this I assume that Intel would have a very difficult job fixing the fab's problems as it stands? Why is this so?" Fixing broken machinery is often much more complex than building well designed machines from scratch. Do you want to hire a few thousand folks that spent the last 5 years of their life trying to put YOU (Intel) out of business ? Moreover, AMD's fabs are not for sale, Intel doesn't need them, Intel doesn't want them. It's a moot point. Paul

To: Aaron Cooperband who wrote (52549)	3/12/1999 6:19:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1577910

Aaron - Re: "From this I assume that Intel would have a very difficult job fixing the fab's problems as it stands? Why is this so?" Fixing broken machinery is often much more complex than building well designed machines from scratch. Do you want to hire a few thousand folks that spent the last 5 years of their life trying to put YOU (Intel) out of business ? Moreover, AMD's fabs are not for sale, Intel doesn't need them, Intel doesn't want them. It's a moot point. Re: " They seemed quite willing to take on Dec's fab even though it wasn't designed by them." This did two things: 1. It got Intel OUT of a problem (DEC lawsuit)- not INTO a problem. 2. It gave Intel the StrongARM devices, designs and Intellectual Property as well as some PCI bridge chips - all of which have value in their OWN right. Paul