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To: puborectalis who wrote (103532)	6/21/2000 5:28:00 PM
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FFIV to benefit from AKAM's success....old news/ Akamai, F5 in deal to speed Web content By Ben Heskett Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 17, 2000, 4:10 p.m. PT Akamai Technologies struck a technology deal today with F5 Networks to speed delivery of Web content to Internet surfers. Akamai, which has set up a sprawling network of systems to speed access to Web sites, plans to build a piece of software for network load-balancing and traffic management appliances built by F5 Networks. The relationship will allow customers of both companies' technology--about 300 corporate and Web site customers--to access Web content at a faster rate, according to executives. F5 intends to use the Akamai software "plug-in" for its high-end appliances, as well as its task-specific hardware, like the appliances used for directing traffic through a corporate firewall. F5's appliances essentially serve as a traffic cop, while Akamai's service simply speeds content to a Web surfer by housing it as close as it can to that person. The F5 technology will convert ordinary Web content into traffic optimized for Akamai's service. That approach could extend to other technologies, especially as alternative devices are used to access the Internet in the future, according to Steve Goldman, senior vice president of sales, marketing and service. "Devices like ours behind the scenes can convert things," Goldman said. "This is a first step." The technology combination will go into tests next month, with availability scheduled for the third quarter of this year, according to Ravi Sundarajan, Akamai's director of business development. The relationship is not exclusive, according to the companies. Akamai announced a similar deal in March of this year with CacheFlow, a network caching appliance maker.

To: puborectalis who wrote (103532)	6/21/2000 5:42:00 PM
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TI builds Internet-audio jukebox platform with DSP core Semiconductor Business News (06/21/00, 01:35:23 PM EDT) DALLAS -- Texas Instruments Inc. here has teamed with Digital 5 Inc., a DSP software and intellectual-property company, to develop what it claimed is the first multiple-format hard disk drive (HDD) jukebox digital audio platform. The solution uses TI's programmable, low-power TMS320C54x DSP core and offers 10 to 20 times more memory than traditional portable digital audio players using flash memory, the companies said. Thousands of songs canbe stored, and th HDD platform also adds the ability to store and view digital photographs to the same devices. TI and Digital 5's HDD solution supports 340 megabytes to 10 gigabytes of memory. Digital 5's operating system incorporates specific technology for mobile and non-PC applications, such as sophisticated power and file management. The new platform also will support special Softmount shock protection techniques for rotating disks. "By incorporating industry-leading programmable DSP technology from TI, Digital 5 extends its technology leadership in portable design to this innovative form factor and application," said Ron Stevens, president of Digital 5 (formerly Sycom Technologies Inc), in Ewing, N.J. "The HDD Jukebox platform opens a whole new realm of potential markets currently restrained by flash memory densities and prices." He said the standard consumer portable jukebox product will retail for under $300. TI's C54x DSP supports all the widely-used digital audio formats, including those offered in the HDD Jukebox, such as MP3, Windows Media Audio, AAC, ATRAC3, EPAC and Acelp.NET. TI's programmable DSPs allow digital audio player manufacturers to update features and functions with a simple software download, rather than by upgrading internal hardware. With very low power consumption, the TI DSP extends the battery life of digital audio players by up to 50%, according to the Dallas company. "The Digital 5 HDD Jukebox platform is a perfect example of thecapabilities of TI's DSPs, such as extended memory capacity, multiple format support and minimum power consumption," said Bob McKune, worldwide marketing manager of Internet audio business at TI. "Jukebox-type products designed with this platform could replace traditional stereos and CD players for home, automobile and mobile applications." The HDD Jukebox solution design is now available from Digital 5 for OEMs to build custom production models.