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To: fred whitridge who wrote (3600)	4/26/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: Tom Hoff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

Elantec Delivers Newest Highly Integrated High Speed Laser Driver IC To Top CD-RW Drive OEM's MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- The EL6253C enables CD-R/W drive OEM's to design higher record and re-write speed optical disk drives Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELNT), a leader in high-performance analog ICs, is now shipping the EL6253C. This part enables CD-R/W drive OEM's to design higher record and re-write speed optical disk drives. The EL6253C is completely compatible with industry standards for next generation laser driver applications in CD-R, CD-R/W, MO and DVD re-writable optical drive designs. The EL6253C complements the Elantec Optical Storage Family of ICs which are targeted to the rapid growth optical disk storage markets. The EL6253C integrates the three current channels needed for the read, erase, and write laser drive power levels as well as a high frequency modulator (HFM) oscillator and a high speed, high current output driver. This innovative high-integration IC is compliant with the Orange Specification Standard for CD-R and CD-R/W formats. The design reduces board space, component count and design time, and offers the flexibility to optimize design performance. Steve Sacarisen, Elantec's Director of Strategic Marketing for Optical Products believes the CD-R/W market is experiencing rapid product transition that indicates strong consumer demand for higher record and re-write speeds. Sacarisen said, "The EL6253C enables our CD-R, CD-R/W OEM's to design higher performance drives with record speeds of greater than 8X and re-write speeds of greater than 6X. Stronger speed performance features mean OEM's can design products with a longer product life cycle." "Because the Optical Storage market is driven by performance and price, with pricing for the EL6253C at $2.50 in 10k quantities, the EL6253C offers an optimum price/performance solution to the CD-R/W market segment," he added. "The EL6253C is available in the 16 pin QSOP package." For more information please contact Steve Sacarisen at Elantec Corporate Headquarters, Milpitas, CA, at (408) 945-1323 x 345, or visit the Company web site at www.elantec.com.

To: fred whitridge who wrote (3600)	4/30/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: Retiarius	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8393

any mention of magnesium at the annual shareholder's meeting? re-orienting my self somewhat from a business trip to india -- it was interesting to see families of four (with the woman invariably in an exquisite silk sari) tooling around on two-wheel mopeds, two-cycle three wheelers with plenty of potential to go electric, and pages of ads for UPS battery/inverter systems to kick in twice or thrice a day for the rotating power outages, in bangalore at least. although i certainly sense the fear and loathing here about pure EV vs. hybrid games, my mind lately is on what ECD sees so far with the joint ECD/GM/USABC project on magnesium. but why, when stempel writes letters to technical publications that NiMH alone can be made at $150/kWh? just hedging really, knowing that if anyone feels the real truth is closer to one where the 70% of nickel battery cost attributed to materials vs. labor costs cannot be further lowered (is this still the GMO line?), then it might be time to dredge out the old cost table from SI/ECD post #1857. otherwise, did annual meeting post-game analysis reveal that kettering might pack more value as an HEV-60 factory for whatever may be gm/toyota's answer to the honda VV?