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To: Paul Engel who wrote (82711)	6/4/1999 4:47:00 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Sony is latest CE manufacturer to join Symbian consortium that's developing wireless Internet-access devices in competition with Microsoft's Windows CE. Most recently, Panasonic parent Matsushita joined group that includes Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Psion. Unlike others, though, Sony won't take financial stake in Symbian, possibly out of deference to partnership with Microsoft in other areas. NewsEdge Corporation: newspage.com

To: Paul Engel who wrote (82711)	6/4/1999 4:49:00 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Quantum Effect Design, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance, cost-effective MIPS RISC microprocessors, today announced that the QED RM5230 microprocessor was selected by WebTV Networks, Inc. for the company's second-generation WebTV Plus Internet Receiver. [PR Newswire] newspage.com

To: Paul Engel who wrote (82711)	6/4/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: Burt Masnick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Thread - This from SharkyExtreme via a post on the AMD thread. "We were told by several key sources close to AMD that the company has currently gotten themselves into to a spot of bother with their K6-2 CPU. AMD has in the past been known for having serious supply troubles and for not being able to match demand when releasing a new CPU. Since having released the K6-2, AMD has apparently tried to reverse their strategy and match production to their own forecasted demand. They currently produce two million units per month and so far have produced roughly six million K6-2s. Unfortunately for them (and as rumor has it) they've only been able to sell 2.5million. Blame can surely fall upon Intel's Celeron sales having been so strong in Q2 of '99. As we said, the above information was given to us by sources outside of AMD and we did indeed put it straight to AMD, who at the time declined to comment but promised to get back to us soon with an official line. We'll let you know…"