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Technology Stocks : SILICON STORAGE SSTI Flash Mem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Harold Burgeson who wrote (241)	7/16/1998 10:52:00 PM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1881

harold... from yesterday, some news briefs which echo your confidence: <<Paul Kangas' Wall Street Wrap Up Nightly Business Report>> Wednesday, July 15, 1998 at 21:17 <<Silicon Storage Technology (NASDAQ:SSTI) up 1 1/8. It's in a licensing pact with IBM(NYSE:IBM). Need I say more? >> fast.quote.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <<Big Movers in the Stock Market>> AP Online Wednesday, July 15, 1998 at 18:22 NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market, and American Stock Exchange.... << Silicon Storage Technology, up 1 1/8 at 4 5/32 IBM signed a licensing agreement to use SST's SuperFlash memory technology to combine logic and memory functions on a single computer chip. SST is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.>> fast.quote.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <<IBM Developing Flash-Plus-Logic Devices>> Newsbytes, Wednesday, July 15, 1998 at 16:46 <<FISHKILL, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1998 JUL 15 (NB) -- By Craig Menefee, Newsbytes. IBM [NYSE:IBM] is licensing SuperFlash memory technology from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. [NASDAQ:SSTI] as part of a project to combine logic and flash memory functions on single chips. The use of flash rather than dynamic memory means memory contents will not be lost when a device based on such a chip is turned off. IBM says use of the SST flash technology will lead to memory-efficient custom chips that cost less than now-standard technology. IBM says it chose SST's SuperFlash rather than other types of flash memory because of the speed and capacity SST attains. IBM plans to use the licensed flash memory in foundry operations down to 0.18 micron feature size and smaller. It is exploring uses in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) as well. "We're looking at specific options with potential customers right now," IBM spokesperson Phillip Bergman told Newsbytes. "It really fits in with the drive to place more and more functionality on a chip, to enhance the performance of end products. It lets us provide manufacturers with greater options in terms of speed, power and functions." Luis Arzubi, general manager of custom logic products at IBM Microelectronics Division, predicted the combination of SST SuperFlash memory with IBM's programmable logic capabilities will result in sophisticated information appliances and wireless devices that need only a very small footprint. "We believe that the combination of these advanced technologies will provide a best-of-breed solution for our customers' next generation designs," said Arzubi. Newsbytes notes the combination of memory and logic on a single chip is far from new. In the notebook graphics market, NeoMagic, pioneered a design that puts graphics memory and logic on the same chip to gain more power in less space using fewer parts. Notebook makers quickly made the board into a top seller. Trident Microsystems and Accelerix, a joint venture of Symbionics and Ottawa-based Mosaid, now have announced similar logic/memory combinations graphic chip offerings. Combining memory and logic on a chip also led to 1 gigabyte (GB) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) chips from Fujitsu, with other firms said to be working on the concept. However, the use of flash memory, which retains its contents when the power goes off, could lead to new types of specific systems-on-chips.>> Further information on IBM Microelectronics Division products and services can be found at chips.ibm.com . SST has a Web site at ssti.com . Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com . (19980715/Press & Reader Contact: Phillip Bergman, IBM, 914-892-5204, e-mail bergmanp@us.ibm.com; or Jeffrey L. Garon, SST, 408-523-7652, e-mail jgaron@ssti.com/WIRES PC, NETWORK/) fast.quote.com