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To: Kai-Uwe who wrote (10640)	12/9/1997 9:13:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 97611

Kai - Thanks for the info. Not buying yet anyway, price is quite high, I heard 15" LCD's are on the horizon for '98, so I guess this one should be priced more attractively in coming months! John

To: Kai-Uwe who wrote (10640)	12/9/1997 9:50:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Kai-Uwe, ars1.com Notice that hald way down this list of Sub-$1000 PC's that you will find a Compaq Presario 2240. This little puppy has a 220MMX MediaGX processor. 20x CD and 56k modem. $999...but watch it drop. Supposedly available from CompUSA direct 12/8.... Is this is true...Compaq has just lowerd the boom on the Sub-$1000 market...I knew that had beebn too quiet too long and had something up their sleeve. They leaped the K6-200 and Pentium 166MMX. Jim

To: Kai-Uwe who wrote (10640)	12/10/1997 10:58:00 PM
From: Douglas Perkins	Respond to of 97611

Kai, fyi RAMTRON AND FUJITSU DEVELOP WORLD'S FIRST FRAM -BASED MICROCONTROLLER Prototype device integrates 64K FRAM memory and 8-bit microcontroller on single chip COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, December 10, 1997 -Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), in cooperation with its development partner, Fujitsu Limited, announced today that the companies have successfully integrated Ramtron's 64-kilobit FRAM memory technology into a Fujitsu 8-bit microcontroller (MCU). The prototype device utilizes advanced 0.5 micron process technology, which has resulted in the world's smallest FRAM memory cell to date. The companies plan to further refine the technology to bring a commercial FRAM-based MCU to market in 1998. Fujitsu will formally present the technical details of the new technology development today at the IEDM conference being held in Washington DC. MCUs are semiconductors that contain operating instructions for a wide variety of consumer electronics products, including household appliances, televisions, VCR's, and high-performance smart cards, among others. Currently, MCUs incorporate fixed partitions of read only, random access, and nonvolatile memory, requiring a unique device for each application. FRAM memory simplifies MCU chip architecture by collapsing these memory types into a single dynamically configurable memory space. As a result, one device can be configured to meet the memory requirements of many different applications. FRAM memory is also nonvolatile, enabling the MCU to save data even when power is lost or removed. Fujitsu, a leading supplier of microcontrollers, estimates that the microcontroller market could grow to $10 billion by the year 2002. "Our outstanding working relationship with Fujitsu has provided a very productive environment to advance FRAM memory into the lucrative area of custom and semi-custom semiconductors," said L. David Sikes, Ramtron's chairman and CEO. "FRAM is the ideal technology for embedded products due to its inherent nonvolatility and encompassing feature set." In addition to Fujitsu, Ramtron has FRAM licensing and manufacturing agreements with top semiconductor producers including Hitachi, Rohm, and Toshiba. The agreements provide for royalty considerations, and manufacturing capacity that can be utilized by Ramtron to develop its own product business. The company also has licensing and/or development agreements with Samsung and SGS-Thomson. Ramtron is the leading developer of ferroelectric random access memory (FRAMƒ ) products -- new high-performance nonvolatile memories that merge the benefits of many mainstream memory technologies into a single device. The company also develops and markets ultra-high performance EDRAM memory products through its wholly owned subsidiary, Enhanced Memory Systems, Inc. For more information about Ramtron and its products, contact: Communications Department, Ramtron International Corporation, 1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 80921. Telephone is 800-545-FRAM (3726); FAX is 719-481-9294; E-mail address is info@ramtron.com. Homepage is ramtron.com