orctf adsl silicon
it may be vaporware... but believe this is the announcement refered to by izhak during the conference call: New adsl chipset: soon "key element (for chipset): cost reduction".
Have been distracted by that last adsl press release: oakdspcores, dsp group, etc. Looking through those old eetimes is sometimes like that Stephen Hawkings book "Brief history of Time": Seems relatively straightforward as you start, each step seems entirely reasonable, but then ... somehow it...becomes... incomprehensible.
Turns out that dspg group press release is old news, and refers to orctf's current adsl silicon...was wondering about the timing for the last several days...now we know (maybe).
Will do that Fujitsu report (you're shaming me into it) eventually once they slow down on the press releases. If orctf isn't careful, people will start noticing. Have been hoping for (at least) one more good dip. Picked up a little more yesterday, as insurance should things not work out and its only up from here...naw... <g>
Thanks for the israeli reference stuff. Will give them a try.
Since it seems like a fujitsu day: from Hoover's Global 250 ('97: paper edition):
"...
The battleship Fujitsu is starting a slow turn toward cyberspace. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited makes communications and information processing systems and electronic devices. It is Japan's leading manufacturer of mainframe computers (followed closely by IBM) and the country's #2 producer of personal computers trailing NEC and leading Apple). Other products include computer chips, ink-jet printers, memory storage subsystems, and workstations. Strong sales, particularly in Asia, have brought Fujitsu back to profitability after major losses in recent years.
The company's presence in the online world is vast and growing. Fujitsu makes telecom munications switches used to build networks and, through a major R&D effort, plans to earn some 30% of its sales from Internet-related hardware, software, and services by 1998. It also operates Japan's leading commercial on line service, Nifty-Serve, which has more than 1.5 million subscribers and runs the Worlds Away graphics-supported chat room found on the CompuServe online service....
... Also that year (96) Fujitsu planned to invest nearly $1.4 billion on a logic chip plant in Japan, and it has devoted nearly half its $3.6 billion R&D budget to Internet and multimedia technologies." |
