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Technology Stocks : Spectrum Signal Processing (SSPI)
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To: Chemsync who wrote (413)12/27/1997 7:27:00 PM
From: pat mudge  Read Replies (1) of 4400
 
[And now the Network car. . .]

Steve --

I skipped right over your article in the holiday rush and just now took the time to read it. All these technologies --- or most --- will be based on DSPs, as will the Network car mentioned in Monday's IBD. I'd provide a URL, but the online version doesn't include the story. It's on page A9: "Network Car Cruises the Info Highway," by Paul A. Eisenstein.

When I envision what Internet-enabled cars could mean to the highspeed market, I admit I don't know how Spectrum fits in. In other areas it's easier. Their V.34 C6X-based chip, which supports multiple modems on a board, will play a significant role in places where Internet connections are needed but not necessarily at ADSL speeds --- airports and shopping malls and hotel lobbies, and any public place where an Internet kiosk would make sense. These access points won't be used for large files but for email and any data a person would want on the run. Telcos will need a corresponding modem for every Internet-enabled Kiosk so you can just begin to imagine what sort of CO real estate will be involved and how critical the multiple-modem solutions will be.

Back to the network car, how does wireless work? Does it require a corresponding modem the same as copper and fiber? I ask b/c I think SSPIF's boards are for COs and not CPUs.

I know they have solutions for base-stations but what exactly does this mean? I know next to nothing about wireless, so someone help me out.

Just letting my mind explore possibilities. Hoping, too, to spark some dialogue.

Cheers!

Pat
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