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Technology Stocks : WDC/Sandisk Corporation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (4867)	2/23/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: Binx Bolling	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 60323

FRAM? The March 8, 1999 issue of Forbes magazine has an article about ferroelectric random access memory, or FRAM. The article makes the following dubious claim on page 133: "FRAMs by contrast, are as speedy as DRAMs, yet, like flash memory retain their data when the power is off. And FRAMs do it better. They can store data for years without consuming any electricity. Compared with flash and Eeproms, they can download data thousands of times faster, yet use one-tenth the power and run 100,000 times longer before wearing out. A FRAM could handle word-processing functions for years; flash memory would wear out almost immediately." I think the author, Neil Weinberg, got used. By whom, I am not sure, maybe, Celis Semiconductor, Symetrix, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Hundai, Ramtron, or STMicroelectronics, all of which are touted in the article. Or maybe, I missed something? Maybe, Sandisk's PR people could write a letter to the editor?

To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (4867)	2/23/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: Binx Bolling	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Does anyone know what format the hardware upgrade slot uses on the new 3COM Palm IIIx? Product Details \| System Requirements PRODUCT DETAILS Hardware Expansions Open expansion slot allows easier addition of add-on hardware components such as pagers (when available) and memory upgrade cards. Hardware add-on components (such as modem) via serial port. Storage Capacity 4MB stores approximately 12,000 addresses • 5 years of appointments • 3,000 to-do items • 3,000 memos • 400 e-mail messages.* • and lots of third-party applications. © 1998 3Com Corporation.