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To: J Fieb who wrote (37188)	11/10/1998 5:43:00 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

So what's the latest "bear theory" that explains the low valuation on CUBE? I mean, one might expect something a little better than the market multiple, ya think?

To: J Fieb who wrote (37188)	11/10/1998 7:58:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

LSI may be lossing Playstation 2.................................. next-generation.com PlayStation 2: The Race Begins We have received our first inklings of the technology that will be in the machine... November 9, 1998 Toshiba Electronics has announced a new chip set that will be, according to a source at Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, inside the PlayStation 2. The chip will be introduced at the International Solid State Circuit Conference in February in USA and includes a built in MPEG 2 decoder circuit as well as a DMA Controller circuit. In fact, it includes more 10,500,000 circuits. Toshiba Electronics announced the chip earlier today in Japan, though the announcement did not include a name. A spokesperson for Sony declined to comment on the chip, but did confirm that Sony would be present at the conference. Our source could not elaborate on the capabilities of the chip, but its MPEG 2 decoding points to DVD compatibility. Whether the PlayStation 2 will have a standard DVD drive or a proprietary DVD compatible drive is anyone's guess at this point. This is the first official announcement from any manufacturer in connection with the PlayStation 2. We can expect more announcements in coming months.

To: J Fieb who wrote (37188)	11/10/1998 9:13:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Panasonic Launches World's First HDTV Solution for Personal Computers 11/09/98 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire) SECAUCUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1998-- PC-DTV Card Is Fully Compatible With All ATSC Formats + NTSC Following up on the start of the nation's new digital broadcasting system on November 1, Panasonic Industrial Company today announced the availability of the computer industry's first all-format digital television (DTV) tuner/decoder card. The PC-DTV tuner/decoder card (Model TB1T) which was developed in collaboration with Compaq Computer Corporation, is a PCI-based, two-board solution that enables computers to receive, decode and display high-definition and digital TV signals on the screen of a PC. It consists of 1) a tuner board which receives and passes-through both Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) format digital signals as well as the current NTSC analog TV signals over a PCI bus, and 2) a video decoder board which decodes digital TV signals in all 18 ATSC formats for display of high-definition video images or 480p standard-definition video images over a VIP-2 bus. "Next year, PC-DTV devices will provide an exciting new market opportunity for Panasonic," said Ash Chabra, Group Manager of the Electronic Components Group of Panasonic Industrial Company. "By supplying our personal computer OEMs with these boards, we expect to accelerate the development of high-definition and digital TV in this country. Our strength is that we can provide end-to-end DTV solutions for PC's, including individual DTV system components, from the RF tuner through the all-format MPEG -2 video decoder." Panasonic will initially market this DTV-PC card system on an OEM basis to computer manufacturers, peripheral board manufacturers, TV broadcasters, content creation studios and content developers. Samples will be available by the end of this year with targeted volume production in early spring 1999. Panasonic Industrial Company also announced the immediate availability of the 8VSB TS output board (Model TTM1A), which outputs an 8-bit parallel transport stream (TS) from the RF input of broadcast DTV signals. This board will greatly help computer manufacturers, digital television/set-top box manufacturers and silicon developers accelerate their DTV product development. Both of the new products are manufactured by Osaka, Japan-based Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd., the electronic components arm of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC), a world leader in the development of digital television and other digital electronics products and technologies. Matsushita Electronic Components is a leading worldwide supplier of standard and highly customized electronic components. Panasonic Industrial Company, a Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, is based in Secaucus, NJ, and is the sales and marketing channel for electronic components to customers in North America. Panasonic's development of HDTV and digital television in the U.S. has been centered at Panasonic AVC American Laboratories, Inc. Based in Burlington, NJ, the company developed the world's first single-chip, all-format digital television decoder which is incorporated in the new PC-DTV decoder device. For more information on Panasonic or Matsushita Electric, visit our web site at www.panasonic.com CONTACT: Jim Reilly or Kurt Praschak 201/392-6067 201/392-6124 13:41 EST NOVEMBER 9, 1998