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To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (17329)	2/6/2000 2:04:00 PM
From: buck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

RE: OT your wife is out house hunting I spent nine hours doing this yesterday. I have succeeded in a) narrowing down the neighborhood (+), b) increasing the price range from what we were looking at (--), and c) making her nervous as all git out with my driving (---). This gives an overall grade for Saturday of (----). Trust me when I say this...it is a far better thing that I am NOT there again today. Plus, her taste is light years beyond mine. I could happily live in double-wide, provided it had hi-speed internet access and a gas stove.

To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (17329)	2/6/2000 2:15:00 PM
From: StockHawk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Re: Flash Memory tornado Those following SNDK may be interested in this link from Semiconductor Business News: semibiznews.com It talks about future growth prospects for flash memory. These projections from John Bryant, vice president for flash memory products at Atmel Corp are rather exuberant: Flash growth is being driven by four key applications, according to Bryant. MP3 audio will record a 72-fold growth in bits between 1999 and 2003, he predicts. One million MP3 players were sold in 1999, and this market will grow to 10 million by 2003, Bryant forecasts. Each system needs about 1 megabyte of flash to store a minute of music, and playback times are rising, he notes. While 64 MBytes is the typical size of today's MP3 players, this could increase to 512 Mbytes by 2003. Cellular phone demand will shoot up 100 times by 2002, Bryant expects. In 1998, 160 million cell phones were shipped worldwide, and shipments should grow to 1 billion units by 2002. A cell phone built in 1998 contained an average of 4 megabits of flash memory, he says, and its flash content has been doubling yearly. The amount of flash per cell phone should grow to 64 megabits by 2002, he predicts, which would mean a 64-billion-bit market. Digital cameras are expected to fuel a 130-fold increase in flash bit consumption by 2003. "For things to take off," Bryant adds, "we will need cameras in the $200-to-$300 range with 2-Mpixel image quality; we'll see this by late 2000," he predicts. Set-top boxes are expected to account for a 36-fold growth in flash bits between 1998 and 2003. "We're now beginning to see exponential unit growth in installed boxes," adds the Atmel vice president. StockHawk PS. Hi melinda. Hope you stick around.