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To: Scumbria who wrote (31708)	4/23/1999 3:27:00 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Scumbria, "Distributed computing among special purpose processors will be the trend of the future." Yes, I was thinking the same thing, but I'm just not sure its the total solution. <ggg> Someone pointed me to a private outfit that is building incredible multiple processor machines on the cheap- can't find them just now. There was a small thread...do you know? I've got to believe integration will be big, too. I'll never work on the solution so I sure won't lose sleep, either. I just believe the speed limit will alter processors as we know them. Gilder says, in effect, the processor will be on the memory as opposed to the memory being on the processor...if I weren't such a layman in these matters, I would remember the reason he gave for saying that. The significance, he says, is that companies with memory expertise will be important in the quest to solve the problem- if I understand him correctly.

To: Scumbria who wrote (31708)	4/23/1999 3:28:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 33344

SCUM bria - NSM LAYS OFF 180 in Singapore I'll bet these 180 operators are real happy that HallaPeno bought Cyrix ! Cyrix only sold $50 million in CPUs last quarter ? I guess that could mean 2 million units, couldn't it? Paul {=======================} 204.247.196.14 lDaily news for semiconductor industry managers National cuts 180 jobs at Singapore assembly plant A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted 6:15 p.m. EST/3:15 p.m., PST, 4/22/99 SINGAPORE -- National Semiconductor Corp. said it has eliminated 180 jobs at its chip assembly and testing facility here because of weak business conditions for its products in communications and computing markets. The layoffs account for 10.6% of National's workforce in Singapore, according to a spokesman today at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. National's assembly and final test plant in Melaka, Malaysia, was not effected by the layoffs. The facility employs 2,300 workers to package and test analog products.