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To: Wysiwyg who wrote (32504)	6/17/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Valueman	Respond to of 152472

S&P 500 chatter in the release on Florida Progress' addition: " The S&P 500 Index always contains 500 companies; therefore new companies are only added when there is a vacancy on the list. The acquisition of Morton International, an S&P 500 company, by Rohm & Haas Co., also an S&P 500 company, created a vacancy. S&P said that Florida Progress was selected to fill the spot because of its ''size and significance'' and that it's a quality U.S. company with a stable financial condition. Florida Progress had previously been on S&P's MidCap 400 Index, which measures the performance of mid-size companies. S&P's Index Committee, which is responsible for the overall management of the S&P Indices, considers the companies on the S&P 400 MidCap Index as candidates for elevation to the S&P 500 Index."

To: Wysiwyg who wrote (32504)	6/17/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

wysiwyg ...OS's A software system (say, a CDMA stack,together with a browser etc) is split into self contained units known as tasks or processes. The function of an OS is to manage resources - typically memory, peripherals and CPU time, that these tasks require. Both CE and VxWorks are OS's. Using both to manage a system is overkill, and would cause interesting contention issues, for example what happens if CE and VxWorks required access to the serial port? The only way it could work would require two processors, one with CE, the other with VxWorks. Two processor 'phones are de riguer today (e.g. ARM+DSP) These 'phones typically have one OS, hosted by the ARM. The DSP will typically have a simple custom scheduler. Triple processor 'phones are not beyond the realms of possibillity. They would be configured much as you describe. RZTOS for the stack, CE for the MMI (i.e the windows browser etc) Most wireless ASIC vendors (CNXT, VLSI, LSI etc) can be interfaced to a third party processor. Hope this helps. w.