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To: nord who wrote (2156)	1/17/1999 9:11:00 AM
From: David Semoreson	Respond to of 4400

Nord said "Enough of my soapbox " I want to thank you for all of the help you have been on this stock. Stay on that soapbox :) ** David

To: nord who wrote (2156)	1/17/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: ECAC Hockey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4400

<<The reason I invested in this company was because of superior technology a well layed out marketing plan for oem in defined vertical markets and a management team that can attract talent and customers like the names of customers we know and all those to be announced this year. I hear the list is growing very fast. >> Same reason I invested in Spectrum. I found an article below supporting Spectrum's claim and our belief that large Fortune 1000 oem's are increasingly coming to small niche co's like SSPIF for the critical DSP subsystems of their products. Between Spectrum's ASIC expertise including Hurricane, parrallel processing rtos expertise including 3L's Diamond, vertical market expansion modules including software radio, industry relationships with TI and ADI, Spectrum offers a lot which these oem's could never duplicate in house. edtn.com << Feature Story: How Small DSP Suppliers are Winning Big Deals Conventional wisdom says that small companies lack the engineering depth, manufacturing capacity, and financial stability to successfully compete in the big DSP markets. Yet this common belief continues to have counter examples that have significant meaning for engineers trying to compete with the big four DSP suppliers. Small companies are winning by providing services that complement the customers¹ engineering skills. For Radisys, a key element in achieving the aggressive cost, space, and reliability requirements of the products was the development of two ASIC components by RadiSys, both of which will be manufactured for RadiSys by outside foundries. Nokia concentrated on their own core competencies in the development of the switch and to outsourced other tasks to leading companies in their respective fields. Radisys was selected as a provider based on their expertise in the development of embedded CPU systems. Winning a small part of the embedded design portion of a switch design may not seem like a big deal. But that¹s exactly how the mainstream DSP vendors became entrenched - they won a small design and executed to perfection. Over time, the companies gained more designs and a greater range of product acceptance. Radisys is not alone in its early success at big companies. Other vendors have also been accepted as technology partners. They all have one thing in common - a strong expertise in an area that is peripheral to the big companies¹ main design strengths. No company can satisfy all needs all of the time. Serving those areas more marginal from the mainstream players¹ viewpoint is one way of becoming accepted and established. And it relies on technical excellence. >>