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To: Al. Gibberd who wrote (30677)	3/10/1998 9:04:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

A.G., Thanks for the info on ARM. They could be a potential winner for the set top CPU biz. Maybe BillyG can help us evaluate their potential. Their ARM9 was presented at the same conference that DVx was and it got written up in the MP Report. The concluding paragraph went like this............Enabling faster toys......... ARM and its chips have become a seemingly unstoppable force in the narrow, but expanding market for portable communications gear. With ARM9 the company is laying the groundwork for a big jump in the capability of such devices. Cellular-telephone vendors, among others, are predicting vastly increased responsibilities for the humble cell phone: organizer, two-way text pager, Web browser, e-mail terminal, GPS locator, and more. Although the RF portion of such devices will remain fairly consistent, the computing requirements will increase considerably. Hence the need for faster portable processors. Faster, more capable, and more expensive consumer items such as these will be able to carry the burden of a somewhat more expensive microprocessor license. That, in turn, will give ARM-and other CPU vendors-room to increase revenue and continue on the rapid growth curve embedded vendors have been enjoying. Now this doesn't say anything about set tops, but the ARM site has a white paper on the subject....... arm.com I wonder what Apple is using to power the top secret design that DN told us about? BillyG, If you have the time perhaps you could tell us whether you see much promise in ARM and set top applications. Thanks in advance.