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To: greenspirit who wrote (78513)	4/12/1999 2:01:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Michael - Re: " There's a real need for Intel to partner with one or two of the players in the industry. We wondered why Intel has elected to stay away from this sort of relationship? " Intel is involved with their own Motherboard manufacturing - primarily to boost the sale of new CPUs, as well as their SHV - Standard High Volume Server board business. However, the MB business is LOW MARGIN business and, as you said, capitol intensive. Intel is willing to let those that want to do MBs do it - there are plenty of players - particularly in Taiwan. Paul

To: greenspirit who wrote (78513)	4/12/1999 4:41:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

<Motherboard manufacturing is very capital intensive, similar to chip production. There's a real need for Intel to partner with one or two of the players in the industry. We wondered why Intel has elected to stay away from this sort of relationship?> I thought Intel already does a lot of hand-holding with the motherboard makers in order to ensure a steady supply of reliable parts. Wasn't it Intel who also helped to create the modern ATX form factor for motherboards in order to address some of the shortcomings of the old Baby AT form factor? Tenchusatsu