Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Texas Instruments - Good buy now or should we wait? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Danny Hayden who wrote (4001)	8/20/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Danny Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

Well we know they are cutting cost the right way.... Posted: 3:00 p.m., EDT, 8/20/98 Product training classes move to the Web By Robert Bellinger DALLAS - When Canadian distributor Future Electronics Inc. began to carry the products of Texas Instruments Inc., some of its applications engineers needed to learn about the capabilities of TI's C54X digital signal processors. But where Future may once have flown its personnel to Dallas for a short course, it was instead able to keep its engineers at their desks where they viewed a beta version of TI's new Web-based training program, "Designing with the C54X DSKplus." With its attendant convenience and cost savings, Web-based training is taking root in a growing number of companies. "You don't have be a rocket scientist to use it," said Clark Hise, sales and marketing manager for training at TI. For what TI calls a nominal fee - about $200 - the four- to six-hour course instructs users on designing with the C54X. The course uses the technology of DigitalThink Inc., which audio and video technology, as well as chat rooms and interactive quizzes to stimulate engineers as they run through the series of short lectures, exams and practice sessions. TI is a partner of DigitalThink. Upon entering the Web training site, users are greeted by a series of prompts and introductions and are invited to register. Once in, they get virtual "lockers," an orientation and a course curriculum. Each engineer is allowed to plot his or her own strategy for completing the course. TI hopes the broader engineering community will teach it how to use the DSK development kit, Hise said. There are numerous advantages to Web-based training courses. It saves the time and expense of traveling to off-site training. Users at a PC can learn at their own pace in their office or home, and the company promises a 30-day money-back guarantee. Other Web-based training companies use a similar approach. ENEN, the Education News & Entertainment Network, incorporates real-time video, audio and chat technologies into its live, interactive training sessions and other events made available over the Internet. ENEN's programming has been used by such companies as AMD, Atmel, Cypress, Texas Instruments and others. The company says it has trained more than 40,000 individuals since its inception in 1996. Home Headlines Career Columns IP Watch All material on this site Copyright c 1998 CMP Media Inc. All rights reserved. Gimme more Subscribe to our print edition. Conference coverage of recent industry shows. Future conferences. Contact our editors. EE Times Services EE Times Online provides a number of helpful services for our readers and advertisers. The EE Times Network is a portfolio that includes an editorial calendar, a media kit and a list of trade shows and conferences. is a vehicle to request information from vendors mentioned in recent EE Times print ads and articles. Product Shopper J.O.B.S. Online Search Firm Directory Media Kit Marketplace Register Please become a registered user of EDTN. It is free and will make it easier for you to receive the information you need. See the benefits of registration, or: Register Now Search EDTN and the Top 100 Electronics Sites