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To: Ibexx who wrote (65154)	9/20/1998 10:41:00 PM
From: VICTORIA GATE, MD	Respond to of 186894

2.5M upgrades for Win98 Microsoft says demand is strong especially in Japan since June launch September 17, 1998: 6:51 p.m. ET Microsoft PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it had sold more than 2.5 million copies of its Windows 98 operating system for personal computers since it was launched on June 25. That includes 1.5 million units sold outside the United States, with about 500,000 sold in Japan, and about 1 million in the United States, said Melissa Havel, an outside spokeswoman for Microsoft. The company -- which has more than 85 percent of the market for PC operating systems -- said demand for Windows 98 has been stronger than expected in Japan, even though the country is mired in a recession. In the first two days Windows 98 was on sale, the Redmond, Wash.-based company said more than 250,000 retail upgrade units of the program had been bought worldwide. Not only is customer demand for Windows 98 better than expected, but the sale of peripherals and hardware related to Windows 98 has exceeded forecasts, Microsoft said. "Windows 98 has undoubtedly provided a boost to the home PC industry in Japan," said Rei Suzuki, an official at Sofmap Co. Without providing further specifics, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer Bob Herbold said the company had shipped more than 1.5 million copies of the upgrade since its launch on June 25. Retailers sold more than 3 million copies of Windows 95 in its first five weeks on the market. Herbold also said the software company had licensed more than 150 million copies of all 32-bit operating systems, including Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. He made the comments at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities investment conference in San Francisco.

To: Ibexx who wrote (65154)	9/22/1998 9:33:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

Ibexx, Article...At IDF, Intel offers RDRAM design aid . . . September 22, 1998 ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES : Palm Springs, Calif. - Rambus Inc. announced at the Intel Developer's Forum here that it will run a formal validation program for Direct Rambus DRAMs (D-RDRAMs) and modules. The effort will be similar to the program Intel launched last year to verify the interoperability of the PC-100 SDRAMs. Intel, meanwhile, has set up a testing center, called the 505 Electronics Lab, to help computer manufacturers test for the electrical, thermal, and power characteristics of Rambus DRAMs and modules. Though a year remains before volume demand for D-RDRAMs is expected, concern was expressed at the IDF gathering that financially strapped DRAM makers won't be able to supply enough RDRAMs. The validation program will seek to ensure compatibility among the RDRAMs expected to come from 14 different memory suppliers and a host of module makers. Srinivas Nimmagadda is director of the Rambus program.