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To: Petz who wrote (90573)	1/31/2000 2:23:00 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576160

Petz and thread: This is an odd article....I did not realize that the US placed restrictions on exporting pc's to certain countries. Plus just when I thought I was getting it straight with Mhz, and .18 vs .25, and the number of ram, and Slot A; they come up with Mtops to measure speed....forget it!! Itanium is effected by the restrictions and I imagine the Athlon is as well. ____________________________________________________________ US Expected to Reject Higher Computing Speed for Exports Washington, Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Clinton administration likely will reject demands by Intel Corp., Unisys Corp. and other companies to relax export controls on a new, high-powered computer chip, industry executives and an administration official said. After months of lobbying by a computer industry group, President Bill Clinton may not raise current computing-speed limits as much as the industry has sought on exports to countries like China and Russia. The decision is expected to be announced on Feb. 1. Intel's new Itanium chip -- expected to arrive in the middle of this year -- will make the revised limit on computing speed obsolete, computer executives say. ``It's our understanding that the new rules will not reflect this new generation of chip,' said Ken Kay, head of the coalition and chairman of closely-held Infotech Strategies Inc. based in Washington. That means computer executives will have to continue their campaign for looser controls, said Chuck Molloy, an Intel spokesman. ``Given the performance increases in microprocessors, there will be a need to look at this again' later this year, he said. The administration's decision, expected Tuesday, comes at a time when foreign competition is heating up for U.S. computer companies. According to the advocacy group, the Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports, the number of major overseas producers of powerful business computers has grown fivefold since 1997. The newcomers have joined existing competition like Germany's Siemens AG and Japan's Hitachi Ltd. At the same time, most foreign companies aren't subject to the same controls as U.S. producers, the coalition argues. New Limits Computer executives and an administration official said the Clinton administration is leaning toward raising limits on a computer's theoretical operations per second, or Mtops, to roughly 12,300 Mtops from the current 6,500 set in June. That would fall far short of the 25,000-Mtop level the new chip can achieve. Kay said computer executives shouldn't have to come begging for new rules every six months. ``We call it the Mtop treadmill,' he said. ``Everybody who's working on this realizes the system doesn't work.' The Clinton administration is concerned that the faster computing speed could enable terrorists to produce weapons of mass destruction. Administration officials weren't immediately available for comment. The 50 countries on the restricted list, which also includes Pakistan, India and Vietnam, are considered potential security risks to the U.S. Jan/28/2000 17:06 For more stories from Bloomberg News, click here. (C) Copyright 2000 Bloomberg L.P. Any redistribution of Bloomberg content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Bloomberg L.P. Any reference to the material must be properly attributed to Bloomberg News. The information herein was obtained from sources which Bloomberg L.P. and its suppliers believe reliable, but they do not guarantee its accuracy. Neither the information, nor any opinion expressed, constitutes a solicitation of the purchase or sale of any securities or commodities.(C) Copyright 200

To: Petz who wrote (90573)	1/31/2000 4:12:00 AM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1576160

Petz, ZDNET article on game Consoles (courtesy of "fundslimited" - Yahoo) Next Big Thing? by Tom Price January 2000 Nintendo and Microsoft step out onto the playing field with new products But standing in the way is Nintendo, a company that practically built the home video game console market only to see its share of sales slip in recent years. Nintendo will try to regain some of its former dominance with the release of a console currently known as the Dolphin. So far Nintendo has been close-mouthed about the new machine's specs, but a few things are known. The CPU, code-named Gekko, is being designed in conjunction with IBM. It will be based on the PowerPC architecture and will use IBM's copper-chip technology. The software medium will be DVD-based, but it's likely that only the Japanese version of the Dolphin will play DVD movies like the PlayStation2 does. While an official unveiling is scheduled for this fall, the Dolphin may not actually hit store shelves until 2001. One of the more interesting entries in the race for console glory is the Microsoft's X-Box project, which is shrouded in mystery. Microsoft officially denies it's even developing a gaming console, but inside sources have leaked some very juicy tidbits that, if true, could turn the industry on its head. Sources say the X-Box will be powered by the AMD Athlon chip and an nVidia graphics processor, it will run games on DVD-ROM, it will come with a 56Kbps modem, and it will run any game developed for the PC platform. If this console ever sees the light of day, it could blur the line between computer and video gaming forever, not to mention provide PC gamers the plug-and-play convenience they've always envied in consoles. So which console will you be buying for, ahem, your kidsnext year? Despite all the new capabilities of video game consoles and their assorted bells and whistles, remember that the fight for your living room will always come down to the games. The company that cranks out the most quality titles will win this war, so while the competition may get quite heated between the manufacturers, consumers can only come out winners. Game Consoles Jockey for Position <comment> see the article for the table</comment> zdnet.com ________________________ Goutama