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To: Schmedley who wrote (434)	1/1/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4400

[TI connections:] Schmedley: Here's a start: SSPIF hires Ron Wages, former TI VP of DSP Marketing, Worldwide spectrumsignal.com SSPIF announces support for TI's DSP:BIOS Standard API spectrumsignal.com SSPIF announces support for TI's TMS320C6x spectrumsignal.com SSPIF announces $1.2M design wins based on TMS320C6X spectrumsignal.com SSPIF defines industry's highest performance for TMS320C6x spectrumsignal.com Other than these, I've heard hints that the ties between the two companies could become stronger in the future. I have no idea what form this will take. Perhaps they'll plan joint ski trips to Whistler. Perhaps they'll join the same ski team. I really don't know. I do know the company's quite open about the solutions it's designing based on the C6X. I also know Ron Wages represents a strong tie to TI's DSP division. I look forward to tomorrow in part because the tax-loss selling is over. This morning I ran into an old friend at the coffee shop who's a ML VP, and we discussed his theories for the market. He basically thinks there'll be a rally over the next several weeks and at the first major earnings disappointment the party probably will come to a screeching halt. Four months from now he thinks we'll all be delighted if our portfolios have the same value as right now. One man's opinion and, to be honest, he's the most conservative broker/manager I've ever met. Long term, buy and hold, Blue Chip, low risk, get-rich-slowly type of manager. And a great guy. Just not my style. At any rate, have fun reading the Spectrum press. I know there are lots of hints between the lines, but try as I might, I'm still having trouble understanding exactly what their end products are. What I do know is that Spectrum bridges the gap between TI and the OEMs. TI has the core and Spectrum piles on the goodies that OEMs need. What's great is that they often know what the OEMs need before they risk their time and expertise designing the solutions. I like to use the analogy of a custom house builder versus the spec builder. With Amati's ADSL it was almost all speculation. With SSPIF's DSPs, it's build-to-order. Of course, once they've built solutions to order, they can continue to sell them to other OEMs. You asked about licensing. I don't think they've licensed anything yet, but I believe I was told it's not out of the question in the future. Don't apologize for being fuzzy on the issues. I've been working my way through the fog for months. Cheers! Pat

To: Schmedley who wrote (434)	1/4/1998 6:34:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 4400

DSP papers by SSPIF engineers: I can't open the following files and if anyone can, would you email me copies? Multi-Channel Data Communications on Fixed-Point DSP Architectures Stuart Harker, Arda Erol, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., Canada: icspat.com A PCI-to-DSP Bridge for High-Performance DSP Systems Barry Field, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., Canada: icspat.com Higher Data Throughput over POTS Stephane Gagne, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., Canada: icspat.com Interfacing a DSP-Based Multi-Purpose Telephony and Audio System to a Digital PBX Clement Wong, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., Canada: icspat.com Efficient Resource Management and MIPS Breakdown of a V.34 Modem Software Implementation Helen Dorbolo, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., Canada: icspat.com If no one can do it, I'll phone the company and see if they have copies. Thanks in advance. Thanks, too, to the person who inspires this sort of research. :)) Pat