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To: PIERRE HANDL who wrote (58796)	5/19/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583950

I wouldn't view a Cyrix acquisition so positively. After all, they are barely getting their 0.25 process working while AMD and Intel are close to bringing out the 0.18 process. However, at the right price, anything is reasonable, especially if it would give AMD rights to Socket 370 and/or NSM's "information applicance" products. Petz

To: PIERRE HANDL who wrote (58796)	5/19/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: d e conway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583950

<< My guess is that NSM could finance the deal without taking a huge write off. AMD would get a factory plus 300 highly skilled engineers. >> AMD is in a life or death power struggle with chipzilla, and chipzilla has them by the throat. Soon to come on line is their state-of-the art (and costly) new fab, and last I knew, AMD was bleeding with no spare change lying around. What they don't need right now is a tough-to-integrate acquisition to take their eye off the ball. Cyrix is uselessly dead. Dan