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To: sun-tzu who wrote (5653)	7/30/1999 7:58:00 AM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

The viewership of CNBC is much greater than that of SI. FOr example CNBC is on the TV of the local Scotsdale securities office. The stock will now be looked at by a huge market of investors, not only techies, but value players. The company is also shifting its product mix which will bear fruit in the next 12 months. I am looking to the future not the past and am quite happy with where this company is going.

To: sun-tzu who wrote (5653)	7/30/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

7/23/99 - Builds enhanced SRAM device with processor engine -- Alliance revs networking bid Jul. 23, 1999 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Alliance Semiconductor Corp. is seeking to expand beyond its memory base with an enhanced SRAM device featuring a processor engine to support high-speed data routing for networking applications. Company executives say the technology leverages its memory design expertise and allows them to gain a foothold in the rapidly expanding datacom IC market. "Embedded memory is a key component of networking applications, but in many cases there are no standard silicon products," said Bhanu Nanduri, director of embedded product marketing for Alliance. "If we can replace these custom chips with standard silicon, we can reduce the cost to our customers." Alliance calls its new line "Internet protocol routing processors," and the first chips-the IPRP-V4 family-are sampling. The combination of a routing processor core with an SRAM cache to store frequently used IP addresses allows the device to rapidly send data traffic through a network. The initial versions have enough cache to support 64-kbit routing tables and can be arranged in serial to provide 384 kbits of address storage. Nanduri said the IPRP-V4 targets both edge and core routers and can pump 64-byte IP packets at speeds that support formats from Gigabit Ethernet to OC-192, which runs at 10 Gbits/second. While the company stresses that the chips are a processor with an embedded SRAM cache, Emmy Johnson, senior analyst for In-Stat (Scottsdale, Ariz.), said the device seemed more like an SRAM chip with an attached processor core. But she was impressed with Alliance's step into the new market and predicted a healthy demand for the chips. The IPRP-V4 family will ramp into volume by next quarter and Alliance plans to follow up with two additional networking lines by year's end. The first IPRP chips are priced at $50 to $150 in 10,000-unit shipments, depending on the size of the cache