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To: BillyG who wrote (39773)	4/12/1999 7:13:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Nice day today for the Russell 2000. The past 18 months has been the worst performing period for the Russell in the 90's, which is as far back as my chart goes. If the Russell is exiting the late stages of a bear market, as it appears, it will be a huge boost for stocks like CUBE.

To: BillyG who wrote (39773)	4/13/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Pioneer Ships Industry's First Professional 4.7GB DVD -Recordable Drive and Media; Provides Compatibility with DVD -Video and DVD -ROM 04/13/99 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire) ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999--Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. Tuesday announced shipment of sample quantities of the DVR-S201, the industry's first 4.7GB DVD -Recordable ( DVD -R) drive and DVS-R4700, 4.7GB DVD -R media in late-April. Designed for industrial use, this second-generation DVD -R drive provides greater capacity and is available at a MSRP of $5,400. With its low cost-per-megabyte and compact design, Pioneer's DVD -R drive is ideal for industrial DVD authoring and long-term data archival. "We are excited to deliver the 4.7GB DVD -R drive and media to the data storage industry," said Paul Dempsey, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Pioneer New Media Technologies. "Extending capacity to 4.7GB presents a major milestone for this technology and offers professional users a powerful tool for new and existing applications." DVD -R is a write-once medium that can store any type of digital information such as video, audio, images, multimedia titles and data files. This external SCSI-2 device writes and reads both 4.7GB or 3.95GB media. Writing at 1X and reading at 2X speeds, a complete 4.7GB disc can be written in approximately one hour and is compatible with existing DVD playback devices including DVD -ROM drives and DVD -Video players. DVD -R technology is used widely in the video and multimedia industries for testing and developing DVD applications and titles, as well as distribution of DVD content. With its increased capacity it becomes an ideal medium for data intensive storage in vertical markets such as medical imaging and document management. Identical in size to CDs, DVD -R discs are compatible with existing library and changer mechanisms. This will allow networked environments to easily adopt the technology for high-capacity archive applications and serve as a natural extension of CD-R by providing higher quality, faster information flow and significantly more data per volume. Sample quantities of the DVR-S201 will begin shipping in late April 1999 at a MSRP of $5,400. The drive comes complete with pre-mastering software and three blank 4.7GB DVD -R disc. Additional DVD -R discs are available at a MSRP of $40. Pioneer New Media Technologies Pioneer New Media Technologies is dedicated to bringing the very best of leading-edge technology to market. Pioneer invented the world's first DVD -Recordable drive, DVD library, multiple-disc CD-ROM changer and offered the first multifunction optical drive capable of reading and writing to both MO and WORM. The Optical Division's products include DVD -Recordable and DVD -ROM drives; CD-ROM drives, changers and libraries; optical drives; MO, WORM and DVD -R media for a wide range of storage solutions in the educational, government, legal, banking, medical, insurance, finance, industrial and general business markets. For more information, contact Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. at 2265 E. 220th Street, Long Beach, Calif. 90810; phone 310/952-2111 or 800/444-6784; URL: www.pioneer-usa.com. Editor's Note: Product photography and evaluation units are available by contacting Jennifer Quarton of T&O/Roberts Mealer at 949/833-8006 ext. 322 or jquarton@topr.com. Contact: CONTACT: T&O/Roberts Mealer Amy Gray/Sylvia Chansler 949/833-8006 agray@topr.com schansler@topr.com 06:02 EDT APRIL 13, 1999

To: BillyG who wrote (39773)	4/14/1999 12:43:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Billy in the annual report under R&D they state... "In particular, C-Cube currently intends to announce several new products over the next year including next generation MPEG-2 decoders." Later on under manufacturing they talk about sourcing integrated circuits from MEC, TMSC and Yamaha and this: "For example, certain of the new products that the company intends to introduce require advanced CMOS processes" What types of product that would fit into C-Cube's porfolio of products might require advanced CMOS processes?