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Technology Stocks : Benchmarq Micro(BMRQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: slob who wrote (264)	12/5/1997 8:58:00 PM
From: Rex Dwyer	Respond to of 313

It may have something to do with the CFO leaving. Also, small stocks in general have been beaten down terribly. I have never seen such a good time to buy small tech stocks. I guess Reg McHone has left. Maybe he got a better job or something. Scott Schaeffer(sp?) is the controller and is the acting CFO as I understand it. Someone may have gotten uncomfortable and sold stock because of this. I don't see this as a big deal. It gives us a good buying opportunity. Anyhow, BMRQ has no lack of qualified leadership. Rex

To: slob who wrote (264)	12/5/1997 8:58:00 PM
From: Rex Dwyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 313

I am seeing more BMRQ chips in batteries. After Duracell left the general purpose battery business, many small companies are taking up the slack and reaching for an off the shelf gas gauging solution. Duracell had used their own ASIC. BMRQ is getting more business now as a result of Duracell's pullout in that product area. All of the OEMs seem to be having trouble fully implementing the Smart Battery specification. It doesn't seem to matter which solution is used, be it MicroChip or Benchmarq, all seem to have quirks. I hear BMRQ has good customer support, which is VERY important, so those problems should be ironed out soon. BMRQ is getting designed-in all over the place in battery packs, especially Li-Ion. Rex