Intel Corp (INTC)

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Klaus

Is product transition as well? :)

Certainly one implies the other, no?

Klaus, you seem like a reasonable guy and I think you've been forthright about your bias. Have you ever been involved in a product ramp? Do you think you can just call up the fab and tell them to switch 30,000 wafer starts over from product A to product B? Do you have enough mask sets in place? Do you think you can tell the build kit supplier to have an extra 30 million build kits ready because you changed your mind? If your product needs burnin do you think you can change the loading overnight? Do you have all the test capacity in place to test an extra 20-30 million units? The belief that someone the size of Intel can switch product lines over night is very short sighted.