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To: Steve Lee who wrote (12055)	6/18/2000 2:14:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Dunno' if this has been posted... SanDisk sells CompactFlash into Visteon's in-car computer By EBN staff Electronic Buyers' News (06/12/00, 11:35:00 AM EST) SanDisk Corp. today said it has struck a deal with Visteon Corp. to furnish the auto parts supplier with CompactFlash storage cards for Visteon's new in-vehicle computer. According to SanDisk, Sunyvale, Calif., Visteon will embed a 64-Mbyte CF card in its ICES (Information, Communication, Entertainment, Safety and Security System) platform that will store an automotive version of Microsoft Corp.'s WinCE operating system. The card will also house applications that drivers can use to obtain real-time news, stock, weather, traffic reports, and other information, the companies said. Visteon, Dearborn, Mich., which claims to sell products to 17 of the top 20 auto makers in the world, said its ICES in-vehicle computer offers a fully-integrated, voice-activated mobile computing and multimedia platform. An open hardware and software electronics architecture enables a variety of features ranging from e-mail and Internet access to emergency calls and turn by turn navigation. In addition to the Microsoft Windows O/S, the platform includes a Pentium processor and Visteon Voice Technology speech-recognition. The new vehicle computer system is available in the aftermarket to fleet customers.

To: Steve Lee who wrote (12055)	6/19/2000 12:06:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

I think Transmeta is for real. Otherwise Intel wouldn't be spending so much time trying to trash their claims. Fact is, Transmeta controls the availability of their chips so Intel has had no time to do benchmarking or even try to reverse engineer the technology, even if they could. I think the future of the VR4121/SH3/Dragonball/StrongARM/RISC-based processors and the promise that Transmeta appears to have will work in favor of flash memory producers. I am not so sure why Sony has invested $33 million in the company other than it may be a great investment opportunity. One thing I do know is that the first SanDisk press release with a Transmeta tie-in will thoroughly convince me that SNDK is on the verge of greatness. [As of today I am not convinced at all that SanDisk has any role whatsoever in the Post-PC era.] Ausdauer (waiting for that first Transmeta press release)