Craig Barrett
Craig Barrett
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Cellular technology is emerging as a new high-speed method of connecting to the Internet and we believe over time will become increasingly important for connecting PCs to the Internet.
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Today's announced merger extends our strength in networking and communications. It provides us with the silicon building blocks necessary to supply the rapidly growing demands created by the Internet and e-commerce.
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Our goal is to be the building-block supplier to the Internet economy.
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This merger strengthens Intel's position as a key supplier to the converging Internet and telecommunications industry. Our goal is to make Intel-based servers the foundation of e-business and communications applications based on integrated voice and data networks.
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When a major corporation like Intel chooses to relocate, the other corporations will follow.
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We will spend more on development resources for the Basic PC.
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The semiconductor industry faces many technical challenges that need to be addressed if we are to maintain the rate of progress that has been the hallmark of our industry. The Focus Center Program is designed to create a nationwide multiuniversity network of research centers that will help keep the United States and U.S. semiconductor firms at the front of the global microelectronics revolution.
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Essentially all of our businesses will be conducted in this fashion,
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Our announcement is an assembly and test factory, a 300 million dollar initial investment, 1,200 people initial employment: (it's) just one small initial step.
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committed to investing for growth and returning excess cash to our stockholders.
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Discovery, ingenuity and innovation have always been at the forefront of the U.S. economic and technological leadership. Unfortunately recent indicators show that we are at risk of losing our competitive edge. The business community commends the President for making American competitiveness a national goal.
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We had growth across nearly all of our geographies and product lines, including strong microprocessor sales. In the third quarter, the PC industry recovered from its inventory problems and is benefiting from strong seasonal demand.
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Micron is one of the industry leaders with a new generation of products and leading-edge manufacturing technology. Our goal in making this equity investment is ensuring an adequate supply of memory components, particularly Direct RDRAM. This is a significant strategic investment that supports our microprocessor road map into 2000 and beyond.
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Will supply and demand dictate a rise in wages for COBOL programmers? I think the real issue will be a movement away from older infrastructures, but if you need Fortran, you will end up paying for it.