Mark - This will make you feel even better.
Mark thanks for the on the Spot Reporting. I'd have lot's of
fun if I were in the area. Late at night while the sod is still
has not taken hold, you'd find me over at Bill's place splicing in my own twisted pair tap, All work would meet IEEE standards, of course.
Would not want to through any deviation into any testing that may be taking place.
Add this info, to help increase the grin you already have.
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Microprocessor chip market to grow 32
percent in 97 says new Forward Concepts Report
TEMPE, Ariz.--(B W) via Individual
Inc. -- Revenues from worldwide microprocessor IC
shipments are 20 percent ahead of 1995 levels, according
to "Processor97," a new market study released by market
research firms Forward Concepts, here, and Micrologic
Research (Phoenix, AZ). The study pegs 1996
microprocessor sales at $17,142 million, up from $14,279
million in 1995. A healthy 32% growth is forecast for 1997,
to a $22,546 level. The study indicates that the 1996
microcontroller market will reach $11,482 million by
year-end, up seven percent from 1995's $10,736 million in
shipments, but 1997 shipments grow 28% to $14,701 million.
Digital signal processor (DSP) chip sales were up
almost 39% in 1996, to a $2,397 million level, and 1997
sales are expected to continue growing at a 52% rate to
$3,639 million. The 550-page study forecasts that by the
year 2001, microprocessor shipments to grow to over $49
billion, microcontroller shipments will exceed $39 billion and
DSP chips will pass the $12-billion level.
The report discusses the popular RISC and CISC chip
implementations as well as the new architectures concerned
with bringing multimedia to desktops and workstations.
Strategies of the many companies behind the chips are
discussed in detail.
"Processor97" was written by Jack Quinn, president of
Micrologic Research, and it is the author's fourth in-depth
annual study of the microprocessor, microcontroller and
DSP chip markets. The author said, "The growth in the
processor market would have been greater in 1996 if the
rest of the semiconductor market had not been so weak.
Semiconductor manufacturers cut processor prices to keep
their fabs busy."
One company that was not hurt by the slowdown was
Intel, which had little competition for its Pentium(tm) and no
competition for its Pentium Pro processors in 1996, "Even
Intel was surprised by the strong demand for its
microprocessors in 1996, and went on to sell all the
high-performance processors it could make," according to Quinn.
Forward Concepts is marketing the report, which is
priced at $1,850.00 in North America and $1,950.00
elsewhere. For a free brochure, contact Forward Concepts
by phone (602-968-3759), fax (602-968-7145) or e-mail
(fc@fwdconcepts.com).
The author may be contacted directly by phone
(602-968-231-8625) or e-mail (jack.quinn@mosmicro.com). Information on this and other
studies is available on Forward Concepts' web site (http://www.fwdconcepts.com).
CONTACT: Forward Concepts | Will Strauss, 602/968-3759 12-10-96 |
