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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (21701)	6/4/1999 6:31:00 PM
From: MileHigh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

bp, Thanks. I suppose my question was rhetorical in nature. Also, do you think the FUD is so loud because they know it will happen? I mean, how come no one is spreading fear about FRAM by Ramtron? MileHigh

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (21701)	6/4/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: MileHigh	Respond to of 93625

Another example of Moore's thesis that in order to bring to market leading edge "enabling" technology, an infrastructure and supplier chain needs to be built up around it... Tektronix boosts next-gen computer architectures By Stan Runyon EE Times (06/04/99, 3:35 p.m. EDT) BEAVERTON, Ore.—Tektronix Inc. has unwrapped a suite of integrated instruments that take on some of the most challenging leading-edge digital design applications, including Rambus memory systems and next-generation microprocessors. Eyeing an integrated solution to enable new computer architecture designs, the testers are aimed at digital and embedded software engineers who debug, verify and characterize the latest designs. The integrated tool set is composed of the portable and bench-top logic analyzers, the TDS694C digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) and complementary connection devices. Tek officials said the instruments were designed to work together to provide specialized features and optimized performance, including time-aligned cross-triggering and extensions of instrument performance to the device under test (DUT). The new TLA 714/720 logic analyzers replace the original TLA 704/711 in the company's TLA 700 Series. To support next-generation microprocessor designs, TLA 714/720 have one of the deepest memory configurations in the industry—up to 16 Mbytes. Also, up to 408 channels can be merged for working with next-generation microprocessors, and up to 680 channels are available on a single mainframe for multibus applications. The new TLA 700s inherit their predecessors' proprietary MagniVu acquisition technology, providing each logic analyzer module with 500-ps timing resolution on all channels simultaneously. MagniVu also allows the TLA 700s to provide 200-MHz synchronous acquisition and a 400-MHz data rate. In addition, the TLA 714/720 analyzers provide simultaneous 200-MHz state and 2-GHz/s timing on the same probe, a rare feature. (Just a few weeks ago, Hewlett-Packard unveiled a logic analyzer module carrying 333-MHz state speed-the fastest available of any logic analyzer. The unit also offers 2 GHz timing analysis.) The TLA 700's personality to the outside world is shaped by its Windows 98 user interface and a PC platform with expanded openness. Tektronix also has created an Embedded Systems Tools Partners Program to deliver development and debug solutions for the TLA 700 Series. The program includes 19 partners, who will provide software and analysis tools, physical processor connections, and disassembly software that runs on the logic analyzer. Tek said that its new DSO, the TDS694C, has the widest multichannel single-shot bandwidth—3-GHz on four channels simultaneously. The combination of this high analog bandwidth, simultaneous 10-Gsample/s sample rate on all channels and high-stability timebase allows highly accurate signal-timing measurements—to 15 ps. The DSO's performance is extended to the DUT with new intelligent connection devices, including a full-bandwidth active probe and a 1.7-GHz differential probe. Unusual is the TDS694C's ability to analyze jitter and timing automatically through an optional embedded Java implementation.