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To: Steve Reinhardt who wrote (37752)	12/11/1998 1:39:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

IBM builds CCD image sensors. These are for digital still cameras -- no mention of video applications........... eet.com IBM to offer CCD image sensors By Yoshiko Hara EE Times (12/11/98, 12:14 p.m. EDT) EAST FISHKILL, NY — IBM Corp. will enter charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor market for consumers and professional digital still cameras (DSC) with frame transfer type sensors. IBM plans to offer a 1/2-inch 1.3 million pixel sensor and a 2/3-inch 2 million pixel device. Each device has pixels in 5.6 micron x 5.6 micron in size. The 1.3 million pixel chip is approximately 7.1 x 7.1mm, and 2 million pixel chip is 9.9 x 9.6 mm. The CCD market is already crowded and harsh competition has shifted to 2 million pixel devices. "We are not newcomers to DSC CCD fabrication; we have been building CCDs for other applications for more than 20 years, including CCDs for Polaroid DSCs for almost 5 years," said an IBM spokesman. IBM's CCD is frame transfer type, which is claimed to be advantageous for high resolution digital still cameras over interline type currently used in DSCs. Frame transfer type CCDs have separated detection and storage areas. On the other hand, interline type CCDs that are widely used for DSCs at present have a storage cell just next to each detecting cell. Thus frame transfer CCDs can have about twice larger number of pixels in the same space, which structure is advantageous for mega-pixel devices. Sanyo and Philips also have been fostering the frame transfer technology. IBM plans to fabricate the sensors on 8-inch wafers using 0.35-0.5 micron technology. "The 8" facility will allow us to take advantage of economies of scale," said the spokesman. IBM plans to begin volume production during the first quarter of 1999.

To: Steve Reinhardt who wrote (37752)	12/11/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Thanks Steve, Took a quick peek at asiansources.com for SVCD players. Found some Cube players: "Decoding standards: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 " "COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE WITH CVD,SCVD,VCD 2.0,VCD1.1,CD-I,CD-DA" asiansources.com asiansources.com asiansources.com "CVD and Super VCD Player Using MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Standards" - so it's safe to assume it's Cube based I guess. asiansources.com Three-Disc CVD Player - Guess it must be Cube again. asiansources.com I think I found some ESS players since these Shinco's players. However it says "Compatible with ver.2.0 VCD" which is not SVCD? They must mean "also compatible with ver.2.0 VCD" right? asiansources.com asiansources.com At this point in time there's far more VCD players listed than SVCD players.