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To: John Rieman who wrote (32119)	4/13/1998 9:11:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

John, thanks for the GI-->Compression Labs-->CUBE links. Boy, you do lots of reading!

To: John Rieman who wrote (32119)	4/13/1998 9:23:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

High yield at TSMC, which is a foundry for CUBE chips..... High yield means lower cost for the chips. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com <<April 13, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said its new microchip plant, called FAB 5, achieved a 90 percent yield after it started operations in late 1997. TSMC provided information on microchip plant yields at a forum held April 6 in Tokyo. Three plants that started operating before 1993, FAB 1, FAB 2A and FAB 2B, required as long as two years to raise their yields to the level of 90 percent, according to the company. >>

To: John Rieman who wrote (32119)	4/13/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

New specification for copy protection over IEEE-1394 data bus, which will interconnect DVD players, PCs, DSS systems, digital cameras, etc. Companies include Sony, Intel, Toshiba, Matsushita, TI, Hitachi, NDS, and PictureTel....... nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com <<April 13, 1998 (TOKYO) -- A technology specification to prevent illegal copying of IEEE1394-compliant digital contents communicated among different equipment is virtually set. The new specification will ward off copying of content sent through a digital interface in compliance with the IEEE1394 protocol. Five major home electric appliance makers and semiconductor manufacturers, each having proposed its own specification, finally agreed to unify their approach. The move will enable a full-fledged launch of the home-use recording equipment market, which uses digital contents such as digital video tape recorders and rewritable optical disks. Under the unified specification, manufacturers need to use either the public or common key algorithms. The number of required circuits jumped to 5,000 gates or more from the initially planned 1,000 gates, imposing more burden on equipment manufacturers. >>