Why is Intel looking to increase its presence as a vendor of networking hardware?
Barrett: The communications industry is clearly on a track to do what the computer industry did in the last 15 years. It will move away from proprietary, vertical stacks to common building blocks and open interfaces. We want to be a common building block supplier in that space. That’s everything from silicon in network switches and hubs and routers and communications equipment to silicon in cell phones. IW: And why hosted services? Barrett: We think that there’s a huge opportunity as people outsource their E-business applications and such. Not everyone is going to want to do that in-house. In fact, very few people are going to want to do that in-house. And we think we’ve got a good shot at being one of the leaders in that space. IW: Will all of this come at the expense of your microprocessor business? Barrett: Our position is that we want to continue to grow our core business while we grow these new businesses. We have this $20 billion thing that’s lovingly described as the largest sin
