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To: J.S. who wrote (29765)	2/20/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

Holder Registers C - CUBE MICROSYSTEMS INC. Stock 02/20/98 Federal Filings Newswires (Copyright (c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) FORM 144 ISSUER: C - CUBE MICROSYSTEMS INC. SYMBOL: CUBE FILER: LEGALL DIDIER J CUST LEGALL JOHN TITLE: Shareholder BROKER: MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC SHARES REGISTERED: 400 DATE REGISTERED: 02/17/98

To: J.S. who wrote (29765)	2/21/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Chromatic has plans for sub $1,000 PCs............................... March 01, 1998, Issue: 903 Section: Windows News ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lean PCs at Lean Prices Cynthia Morgan Forget $1,000 PCs, and prepare to try on LCs-otherwise known as Low Cost PCs or Lean Clients. While Intel is designing a Lean Client specification that could result in $500 systems, computer companies are examining the feasibility of Low Cost PCs that range from $600 to $900. Low Cost PCs will integrate every function of a full-fledged multimedia PC onto the motherboard, making it possible to produce a DVD machine with fast 3D graphics, positional audio, a 56K modem, videoconferencing and even home-movie editing for well under $1,000. There's even talk of $500 Low Cost PCs from Cyrix. Chromatic Research's second-generation Mpact chip should help PC makers reach these incredibly low price points. The chip crams numerous multimedia and communications functions into a single processor. Mpact 2 can drive everything from DVD players to soft modems, and greatly improves on the original Mpact's less-than-stellar 3D graphics performance. Backed by Mpact 2, the first Low Cost PCs should appear by mid-year, although they probably won't cost less than $1,000 until later this year. One early prototype, from Philips, looks more like a slim VCR than a PC. The iron-gray box, which uses a Pentium processor with MMX capabilities, comes with a PC Jr.-like keyboard and sophisticated 3D graphics and sound capabilities. Insiders at Philips say the box won't debut until late this year. Intel, meanwhile, has unveiled a Lean Client reference design that could permit PC makers to build $500 desktop systems. At that price, the specification involves some major trade-offs: The reference design calls for desktop boxes that include a Pentium processor, roughly 8MB of RAM and the option to run Windows CE. The systems will lack local hard drives and will instead access server-based applications running on Windows NT, Novell NetWare and SCO UNIX, among other popular operating systems. The first Lean Clients could arrive from selected PC vendors by mid-1998. Intel does not expect Lean Clients to replace traditional PCs. Instead, the new systems will largely target the dumb-terminal replacement market and the network computer niche. Copyright (c) 1998 CMP Media Inc. New Search \| Search the Web You can reach this article directly here: techweb.com