“Intel will unveil an investment fund of about $250 million
Monday to spur long-term adoption of its new 64-bit chip
architecture, sources said today.”
“Contributors to the fund include Intel and ‘most of the
important system vendors,’ a list which likely includes
Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer, and Compaq Computer, sources
familiar with the plan said today.”
“The fund is geared to encourage start-ups to build products
around the upcoming server and workstation chips as well as to
encourage established companies, such as Internet service providers
and software developers, to build products centered around the
‘IA-64’ bit architecture.”
“Although Intel invests in many companies as a way to further
its business, this fund is explicitly aimed at hardware and
software companies whose products will speed the revenue flow from
the new 64-bit Intel architecture.”