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To: Gary Wisdom who wrote (8393)	10/10/1998 4:31:00 PM
From: Gary Wisdom	Respond to of 93625

OT Very very cool free web site. Highlighted in Barron's this week. I encourage all to check out. Includes message boards too but obviously not as detailed as SI (but never hurts to check every source) clearstation.com

To: Gary Wisdom who wrote (8393)	10/10/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: REH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

ATX motherboard manages multimedia Oct. 09, 1998 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- Somerset, N.J. - Proside Corp. has rolled out an ATX-format motherboard for heavy-duty multimedia applications. Based on the Mpact 2 multimedia processor from Chromatic Research (Sunnyvale, Calif.), which can perform 6 billion operations/second, the motherboard can handle accelerated 2-D and 3-D graphics, DVD playback functions, DVD-to-TV operations and digital Dolby AC-3 audio. The motherboard is one of the first multimedia boards to incorporate very long-instruction-word and single-instruction, multiple-data technology, said Kevin Tanigawa, the company's manager of electronics. By taking over multimedia-processing tasks, it "conserves precious resources on the main CPU," he said. "For example, in a typical multimedia application such as 3-D rendering or MIDI playback, a PC equipped [with the board] will consume 20 to 50 percent fewer resources, freeing the PC's main processor to perform other tasks." The ATX board also "eliminates the need for multiple graphics and sound cards," he said. The motherboard features a 600-MHz Rambus memory interface. Priced at $449, it's available now. Call (732) 271-7395 www.mpactworld.com