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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: robert b furman who wrote (4211)	8/3/2016 12:06:26 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26479

Yes, people are not buying standalone PCs like they used to but the autos they buy have several equivalent PCs inside plus they pay up to connect to their powerful smartphones... I saw this trend back in the 1980s when I was designing semiconductors and one of our products, a plastic optical fiber link, was tried in cars to move data around without interference.... they didn't work too well if the car caught on fire....