Reply #6: Intel may postpone new chip launch

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http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/19/technology/intel.reut/index.htm

Computers with the chip, code-named Alviso, will not appear in stores until early in the first quarter of next year, missing a year-end target, the person said Sunday.

The delay is not expected to have a material financial impact on the world's largest chip maker, said the source. Still, the chip will miss the year-end surge in corporate technology spending and the winter holiday shopping season.

Unspecified technical and marketing issues caused the pushback of the chip, the person said.

Intel spokesman Tom Beermann said he would "rather not comment" about the timing of the chip's introduction, but added that "quality and customer concerns are paramount" at Intel.

Intel, (INTC: Research, Estimates) based in Santa Clara, Calif., has faced several problems introducing new chips, to the delight of arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD: Research, Estimates). Last week, Intel said a problem with a desktop computer chip had cost it $38 million.

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