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To: xcr600 who wrote (919)	1/13/2000 6:33:00 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 954

Add ODETA/Iteris. Also PTEC/INSN: biz.yahoo.com Thursday January 13, 5:45 pm Eastern Time InSilicon files for initial public stock offering WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - inSilicon Corp., whose communications technology is used to design complex semiconductors called systems-on-a-chip, filed Thursday for an initial public offering. The company, based in San Jose, Calif., filed a preliminary prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise more than $44 million and use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes. Terms of the IPO such as the number of shares and their offering price were not disclosed in the prospectus. They are expected in future SEC filings. The company's technologies are used in different digital devices ranging from network routers to cellular telephones. The Internet is creating the demand for all digital devices to be connected, said inSilicon, located online at wwwinsilicon.com. The demand is generating a variety of communications standards like Ethernet, USB and DSL, and the proliferation of these standards and products based on them is driving the demand for complex semiconductors, it added. Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqNM:PTEC - news), which provides system-enabling software for personal computers and connected devices, currently owns all of inSilicon's common stock. It is not selling any of its inSilicon common shares in the IPO, the filing said. The underwriters of the IPO are Robertson Stephens, Prudential Volpe Technology and Needham & Co. InSilicon has applied to trade its shares on Nasdaq under the symbol ``INSN.'

To: xcr600 who wrote (919)	1/15/2000 1:59:00 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 954

Add CDO to the list. From the January 24, 2000 issue of Business Week: Ready to Rock at Comdisco Comdisco (CDO) is on the move. Shares of the tech-services company bolted from 18 a share in August to 34 by Jan. 12. What's going on? Two things: Some pros expect Comdisco to hasten the timing of the initial public offering it plans for its Prism Communications unit--a high-speed Internet access provider--to early March. And the board-approved creation of a tracking stock for its Comdisco Ventures unit, which invests in venture capital-backed companies, including budding Internet outfits, could also come earlier. ``Hidden value exists in the Ventures unit, with its numerous ownership stakes in many private high-tech companies,' says Michael Grondahl, an analyst at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, who thinks Comdisco is worth 55 a share based on the estimated worth of both Ventures Group and Prism. He figures Prism and Ventures are each worth $2 billion to $3 billion. Nortel Networks and Williams Communications have each invested $10 million in Prism for 1% stakes. Grondahl expects to see a lot of oomph in Comdisco shares, especially in the period before the Prism IPO is launched and the Ventures tracking stock is off the ground. Ventures currently has 12 companies in its portfolio that have applied to go public. Ventures' investments have been making good money. As of Dec. 31, 1999, the Ventures unit held equity stakes in 425 companies, 65 of which are publicly traded and 360 privately held. The value of its publicly held companies, which include such names as NextCard, E.piphany, and Critical Path, has jumped to $400 million, from $194 million in September. Grondahl says Comdisco deserves a higher p-e ratio to reflect its blended earnings from leasing and tech services. He expects Comdisco, which has a $1 billion backlog in the tech-service business, to earn $1.85 a share this year. He rates the stock a ``strong buy.' By GENE G. MARCIAL