Intel Inc.

DESCRIPTION: Kingpin. Top dog. Leviathan. Intel. Any way you phrase it, Intel is by far the world's top semiconductor maker. Even though archrival AMD has eaten into its market share, and while some of its diversification efforts have stalled, Intel still makes several times as much from chips as do any of its rivals. Though best known for its Pentium and Celeron microprocessors -- about four-fifths of all new PCs have them -- Intel also makes flash memories (where it has slipped from its former #1 spot) and embedded semiconductors for the communications and industrial equipment markets. Most computer makers use Intel processors; PC giant Dell is the company's largest customer.

LATEST NEWS: Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has said it might have to pay Dollars 600m (Euros 477m) plus interest in back taxes and the US Internal Revenue Service has opened an examination of its 2002 and 2001 tax returns. Page 25

FINANCIAL DATA:

`FISCAL YEAR END`	`12/28/2002`	`12/28/2001`	`12/29/2000`

`QUICK RATIO`	`2.30`	`2.15`	`2.08`
`CURRENT RATIO`	`2.87`	`2.68`	`2.45`
`SALES/CASH`	`2.13`	`2.30`	`2.44`

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