On Jun 4, 2006, at 10:06 AM, kravnus wolf wrote:

> OUCH! Intel must really be hurting.

Intel can't be hurting THAT much.  Their P/E ratios are much
lower than most semiconductor manufacturers (roughly, that
means they have more room to cut prices while still making
a profit than AMD/etc.)

The whole network processor thing was a bit of a bust; there
weren't/aren't enough "big" buyers in the market to justify
the development effort (and it turned out that the "opportunity"
for such buyers was mostly hype.)  And it didn't help that the
buyers that DID exist held their "requirements" to be pretty
proprietary and would rather make their own...

BillW

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