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To: Bilow who wrote (81400)	3/6/2002 8:27:21 AM
From: John Walliker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Carl, Thank you for trawling SI for my posts. So far you seem to have established the following: I started out as a trainee in the engineering research department of the British Broadcasting Corporation where I was involved in pioneering research into digital television. I studied Natural Sciences at University - mostly physics - before obtaining a postgraduate qualification in Computer Science. I spent many years designing medical systems, some of them for implantation in the body. In this field engineering is about functionality and reliability, not saving pennies. I have spent perhaps two thirds of my time designing electronics hardware and one third writing software, usually to run on the hardware I designed. I am very familiar with test tools and techniques for high speed electronic systems and with designing and testing for EMC. I have designed several evaluation modules and written application reports for Texas Instruments (in collaboration with a colleague). For example: focus.ti.com More recently I have been doing other things, like analogue (low-frequency and microwave rf) and digital electronic design for mass-produced products that are sold world-wide. I sort out EMC problems. However, you are not going to provoke me into disclosing the companies I consult for, nor the details of the products involved. If that makes me "just another software weanie" then so be it. As for Rambus, I had a quick look at the posts you quoted. I made a few mistakes, most notably when I responded in haste to an incorrect posting of yours about ECC and introduced my own error which was just as bad. One of the posts you quoted was nothing to do with me. However, I am comfortable with most of what I have posted. I still believe that Rambus has a future and that their concepts have been good ones. My LEAPS investment was made before the possibility of SDRAM and DDR royalties emerged, so I had quite a modest price target and I sold a little at a time on the way up and on the way down. My profits could have been much higher, especially if I had not exercised about one third of my position and held onto the shares. But I'm not complaining. I've done quite well. Now why don't you tell us a little about yourself? John