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To: Aaron Cooperband who wrote (52570)	3/13/1999 12:03:00 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578055

Aaron, Re: Fabs I doubt Intel bought DEC's FAB because it is "like" Intel's. The fact is Intel wanted StrongARM and DEC had a perfectly good FAB producing this chip without changing a thing, regardless how "like" or "unlike" an Intel FAB. AMD on the other hand, produces a clone chip that Intel would not want to continue producing for any reason. They would be buying a FAB that would need to be converted, equipment liquidated, people to layoff - basically a headache more than a fire sale price on some equipment.