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To: DiViT who wrote (31373)	3/24/1998 3:59:00 PM
From: Bob Strickland	Respond to of 50808

A common theme. Cube gets knocked down near the close.

To: DiViT who wrote (31373)	3/24/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

I don't watch the blocks, but I did see the price action. It seems that the price was beaten down in the last hour, and just before the close, the price jumped back up. Maybe the 100K block? Here's the intraday chart: quote.yahoo.com And there's the 100k trade! Boing.....

To: DiViT who wrote (31373)	3/24/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: CPAMarty	Respond to of 50808

from yahoo; comments please System-On-Chip set-top boxxlee00 Mar 24 1998 3:45PM EST TI, SGS-Thomson, IBM, and LSI are all working on the "System-On-Chip" single chip set-top box solutions. Some working samples are already out in set-top box manufacturers' hands. It will be a big dog-fights. It looks like C-Cube has given up the Satellite set-top markets since Div/Comm scares away all US box makers. How it can get into Cable set-top markets so easily ? (Satellite and Cable box makers are the same gangs !!) C-Cube has lost the leadership in ATSC HDTV encoder development and manufacture battles. Currently, one ATSC HDTV encoder may sale for $500,000 per unit. C-Cube is at least one year behind its competiters. When C-Cube catch up, the gross magine may be only 15%, after price reduction dog fighting. C-Cube put all the eggs in DVD markets. After this Christmas season, we will see whether DVD is not another DVI or VCD sad stores. DVD video/audio decoder chips are becoming commonaty (just like DRAM and PLDs). C-Cube may just not be able to make any money on it. C-Cube may win something in Recodeable DVD markets. However, IBM does also have single chip MPEG-2 encoder. We hope C-Cube can do much better marketing promotion jobs to make comsumer box makers like the E4 encoder chip. It may be two years away.

To: DiViT who wrote (31373)	3/24/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Philips is working with Intel on Intercast technology......... 207.87.19.21 1998-03-20 , ESC-9858 Technology News From Philips Philips Semiconductors works with Intel to develop Intercastr medium Reference design to support Intel's Intercast technology worldwide Philips Semiconductors, the largest European semiconductor company, has announced today a powerful and cost effective reference design that will help manufacturers develop PC add-in boards to decode both PAL and NTSC Intercast TV broadcasts for the growing worldwide market. The Intercast technology was devised by Intel and has already taken off in a big way in the US with broadcasters such as CNN and NBC. Europe is rapidly catching up with broadcasters such as ZDF of Germany, for example, providing a twenty four-hour per day service of in-depth information on its broadcast programs, which is transmitted to customers free of charge. "Teletext has shown just how useful fast access to up-to-date information can be," explained Gnther Dengel, Managing Director of Consumer Systems at Philips Semiconductors, "while Internet and the World Wide Web stand for interactivity and an almost infinite amount of data. Television broadcasters have now enhanced the teletext concept so that web-like pages can be transmitted with normal TV signals in the vertical blanking interval and be linked to the World Wide Web. Intercast technology brings together the best of the features of Internet and Television, and creates a medium that combines the formerly conflicting characteristics of moving images, sound and written pages. And, it adds the ability to interact with the sender." Philips Semiconductors has extended the existing software for its demo board, which already supports NTSC Intercast broadcast, so that it is now possible to decode and display PAL Intercast content. The demo kit consists of a PCI-based video capture board, an on-board tuner and software to take the TV signals, and extract the Intercast content for display on a PC. Philips Semiconductors is committed to support the Intercast technology and other emerging standards, both now and in the future. To ensure this, Philips Semiconductors works closely together with the leading companies in the PC industry. The board will be demonstrated at this year's CeBIT. Technical information The DPCT7146 demo board contains a PCI video/audio capture card with integrated tuner and an extensive range of control, debugger and application software. The card is based on Philips Semiconductors' state-of-the-art SAA7146A multimedia audio/video PCI controller IC, which is widely used by manufacturers of video capture boards. The SAA7146A includes a high performance video scaler and an expansion interface. Philips Semiconductors, a division of Philips Electronics NV, headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the ninth largest semiconductor supplier in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video, and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world, and are supported by regional customer application labs. See also this earlier press release. For further information about Intel's Intercast (in German) or in English. PAL = Phase Alternate Line: European colour TV system with the exception of France which uses SECAM NTSC = National Television Standards Committee: the colour TV system used in North America