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To: Scumbria who wrote (57728)	5/10/1999 11:09:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1573849

Scumbria, I have other issues with the current level of fab synergy between F25 and F30. Not to say anything will will happen, but from my perspective, AMD's fab strategy is not optimum, regardless of K7 design qualities. Besides that, I was speaking hypothetically. An organization with AMD 's track record is open to this speculation. PB

To: Scumbria who wrote (57728)	5/10/1999 2:45:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573849

SCUMbria - HP invests in K7 software ! I guess HP is really getting "BEHIND" the K7. Just like the YUK Wretchister says ! Paul {=========================} biz.yahoo.com Monday May 10, 2:01 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release HP Commits $20 Million to the Intel 64 Fund PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that it has committed $20 million to the Intel 64 Fund, an equity investment fund of approximately $250 million. The fund, which includes investments from leading platform suppliers as well as corporate users, will be used to invest in technology companies developing innovative IA-64-based solutions. HP is committed to the fund with other system vendors, including Compaq, Dell, Intel, NEC and SGI. The fund will target investments in technology companies developing a broad range of tools and applications targeted at Internet, enterprise and workstation solutions to accelerate a broad adoption of the IA-64 platform. Corporate users participating in the Intel 64 Fund include AIG/Sun America, Bank of America, Circuit City, General Electric Ford Motor Company, McKesson, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Reuters, Sabre, SmithKline Beecham, Sumitomo Corporation and Telmex. This significant industry investment demonstrates that leading global corporations are preparing for the IA-64 platform and are taking an active role in influencing the development of IA-64-based solutions. The Intel 64 Fund represents a unique approach in promoting the new architecture and complements several industry programs already in place to enable broad adoption of IA-64 solutions. ''HP, as a global technology leader and co-developer of EPIC, the technology foundation on which IA-64 is based, is pleased to invest $20 million in the Intel 64 Fund to help shape the future of enterprise and Internet computing,'' said Nick Earle, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of HP's Enterprise Computing Solutions. ''IA-64 will provide the platform and performance needed to deliver HP's vision of e-services(1), the next chapter of the Internet.'' About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. HP had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. HP plans to launch a new company (''NewCo'') consisting of its industry-leading test-and-measurement, components, chemical-analysis and medical businesses. These businesses represented $7.6 billion of HP's total revenue in fiscal 1998. With leading positions in multiple market segments, this technology-based company will focus on high-growth opportunities such as communications and life sciences. HP has 122,800 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. (1) e-services -- HP envisions a world in which people and businesses derive new value from the Internet by moving beyond Web-based access to information to a world in which a rich array of nimble, modular electronic services, e-services, are accessible by virtually anyone and any device. HP has been working to solve the technical challenges that such a world presents -- inventing the devices and technologies that provide access, building the back-end systems that support the billions of Internet transactions generated, and developing the software that ensures information always is protected. As the steward of distributed open systems, HP understands how to build this new open-services marketplace and will lead this next logical evolution of the Net, working closely with world-class partners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Copithorne & Bellows PR for HP Julie Kronbetter, 415/975-2206 julie.kronbetter@cbpr.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HWP - news) Related News Categories: computer hardware, computer peripheral,