Why not just use older technology, say, Pentium MMX chips, for low-cost devices?
[Grimacing] You can see my reaction. We are what we are because we push technology as fast as we can. Our whole belief is that technology is good, and more technology is better. How could we slow down technology? It’s not good for anybody: for the software developer, for us, and most important, it’s not good for the consumer. Q: Is this a strategic inflection point for Intel? A “10x change,” as you call it in your most recent book? A: I don’t think so. I don’t think we are dealing with any technological phenomenon. What Intel has done in 1997 is to introduce two [chip] generations in one year. So, you’ve got doubled flow of technology and products down the hierarchy. The product that we are in the throes of obsoleting today, we introduced in the early part of ’97. So the computers that people can buy for a low cost are particularly good. Before, this stuff was warmed-over inventory liquidation–already obsolete when it hit the shelves. These machines are not. It could be a major strate
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