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To: Walter in HK who wrote (18380)	8/2/1999 1:34:00 AM
From: E_K_S	Respond to of 64865

Monday August 2, 12:10 am Eastern Time Sun Microsystems to unveil new chip architecture (http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990802/f.html) From the article: "...Sun is not targeting the personal computer market with this single-chip family, but instead will focus on set-top boxes, digital television, video game consoles, and personal digital assistants, Glaskowsky said...." EKS

To: Walter in HK who wrote (18380)	8/2/1999 1:40:00 AM
From: Eric.sun	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Walter, It seems to be another Jini type announcement form SUN. But this time it is from hardware front and yet it is still driven from Bill Joy. This gentleman was the original RISC pipeline engine designer for SPARC chip. His understanding and original thinking is second to none in computing architecture and operating system. MAJC was started four years ago and probably by now they should have samples to talk about at least. Giving the recent track record of SUN's delivery on its promise, MAJC could be one more major arsenal for SUN to ultimately challenge wintel. The processor looks like a VLIW style highly modular and scalable RISC processor which might run native Java OS. It would be a major shakeup in processor business if it indeed takes off and might bring new life to this bloody business and give a new hope for semiconductor industry. But the processor design is tough business, while a good design and a good market are important to its success, the manufacturing hurdle would be another major challenge if MAJC is targeting to the consumers. SUN doesn't have a good record to deliver a high yield product. But the VLIW modular design inherently is less complicated than CISC type processor, and if the new refreshing TI(SUN's manufacturing partner) can do a better job this time. We might see this MAJC comes out in celeron price and still makes money. Well time will tell, I would deeply enjoy it if it really takes off.

To: Walter in HK who wrote (18380)	8/2/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: John Mireley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

>Time to buy more SUNW ? New Chip Sun has been in this arena for some. Check out C-Cube, c-cube.com c-cube.com a major supplier digital video encoding and decoding systems and chips. The leading edge of their product line is based on a micro-SPARC core. The SPARC core is in a number of decoder and set top box designs already.