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***Diamond Divests its Interest in SP3D
(December 1)
With the announcement that Diamond will license 3D technology from IBM, both SP3D and Diamond will be parting ways. Diamond is selling its interest in SP3D. This will allow SP3D to pursue a more appropriate partner in its strategic relationships.
***QM Labs Releases World Time and Measures Conversion Utility (December 1)
QM Labs, the software division of QualTek Molecular Laboratories, announced the release of Time-n-Measures™--a desktop conversion utility that converts the world's time and measures.
With Time-n-Measures users can automatically track the date and time for over 400 cities worldwide, as well as conveniently and accurately convert units of measurement (temperature, weight, volume, area and linear distance) from English to metric, or vice versa. Perfect for scheduling domestic or transcontinental conference calls, making travel plans, coordinating meetings, or converting any number of units of measure, all from your PC-conveniently and accurately. Time-n-Measures is priced at $34.95 and can be purchased directly from QM Labs through their Web site at http://www.qmlabs.com/time-n-measures or by calling 805.681.3200.
Time-n-Measures supports any 32-bit Windows environment including Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT.
***General Instrument And Sony Confirm Strategic Alliance To Jointly Develop Advanced Set-Top Terminal Capabilities For Home Networking (December 1)
General Instrument and Sony announced that definitive agreements have been reached to form a strategic alliance for the integration of Sony's home entertainment network technology with General Instrument's advanced digital set-top terminals and systems. The two companies agreed to collaborate to enable the use of Sony's Home Networking Module middleware and Aperios real-time operating system as a preferred multimedia delivery system using GI's digital cable set-top terminals. Specifically, GI will license Sony's Home Networking Module middleware and Aperios operating system for use in DCT-5000+ advanced digital set-top terminals that GI will offer to cable operators. Additionally, GI will promote Sony's Home Networking Module as a preferred implementation of a home network architecture using the i.LINK (IEEE1394) digital interface.
The companies also confirmed that Sony Corporation of America will purchase 7.5 million new shares of GI's common stock at a total price of $187.5 million, pursuant to a joint announcement made earlier this year. The stock purchase is subject to customary closing conditions.
In May, Sony and GI jointly demonstrated a prototype DCT-5000+ advanced digital set-top terminal equipped with Sony's Aperios real-time operating system and Home Networking Module middleware at the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Cable '98 convention in Atlanta. The demonstration illustrated a variety of home network applications, such as high-speed Internet access, smooth video telephony, and an integrated user interface that allows for easy inter-control of multiple digital AV electronics appliances.
Incorporating Sony's home networking technologies in GI products enables them to offer cable operators a means to pass high-definition TV signals to their customers, and provides a platform for of digital-based interactive services.
Sony's Home Networking Module is middleware (the software that runs between an operating system and application software) that allows digital electronic devices equipped with the i.LINK (IEEE1394) digital interface to be interconnected and interoperated. The i.LINK interface allows devices to send and receive digital commands and digital AV streams, such as video or audio, at up to 400Mbps (Megabits per second).
Aperios is a real-time operating system that Sony developed to support the requirements of digital AV products, such as advanced digital set-top devices. Because it can process continuous streams of audio and video content efficiently and without interruption, Aperios is especially well-suited for real-time applications. By virtue of its modular, object-oriented structure, Aperios is a configurable and scalable real-time operating system that can be used in a broad range of digital AV products.
GI's DCT-5000+ interactive digital terminal will deliver an unprecedented level of processing and networking capabilities to the home's TV set-top space. The terminal is built around a high-powered 175 MHz RISC processor and high-end 3D and picture-in-graphics capable platform and leverages a built-in DOCSIS-compliant cable modem for high-speed two-way networking capability. The DCT-5000+'s triple tuner architecture will enable consumers to simultaneously watch TV and surf the Internet or watch TV and talk on a phone using cable IP telephony functionality.
Sony is showing that it is committed to translating its leadership position in consumer electronics into a similar position as computing extends into the home. The computer industry today is excited about a new market in set-top boxes but this is the turf of consumer electronics. Given that set tops are currently leased equipment, provided by the cable companies, it is a captive market. However, the FCC has ruled that set tops will be a retail purchased consumer electronics item on 1 July 2000 and beyond. Thus, as the market opens up Sony can be a formidable player. This announcement of an alliance with GI is a very significant one. In addition, Sony is increasingly moving its Aperios operating system where Microsoft hoped to put Windows CE. Thus, Sony is increasingly playing a significant role in many markets as it brings computing power into the home.
***Intel Cuts Into Dixons in England for High Prices of PCs (November 20)
The Daily Mail in England reported that the large retailer DIXONS has been charged by Intel as charging inflated prices for personal computers. Craig Barrett, chief executive of Intel, branded the High Street electrical giant's margins on PCs as 'ridiculous'. His claim was made on November 19th backed by the Consumers' Association, which called for competition authorities to examine Dixons' policies. But Dixons immediately hit back, saying its margins are 'wafer thin' and accusing Intel of moaning because it is losing out to other chip makers.
Mr Barrett, whose firm makes the widely-used Pentium computer processor, launched his attack at a trade fair in Las Vegas after he was asked why the British market was not performing as well as the American market. He was backed by Paul Ortellini, vice-president of Intel Architecture Business Group, who said Dixons could 'determine what gets sold and at what price.' The British store group, with its subsidiaries PC World and Currys, has been accused of using its dominant position to push up PC prices here by as much as 30 per cent. This would mean customers paying GBP 200 to GBP 300 more for a machine than it would cost in America. The average price of a PC in Britain is GBP 1,125, compared with GBP 748 in the U.S. and GBP 741 in Germany.
Consumers' Association senior policy researcher Phil Evans claimed Dixons controls more than half the High Street distribution of PCs. 'They seem to be using this enormous market power to keep prices to consumers high,' he added. 'We think the competition authorities need to look closely at Dixons' monopoly position in the High Street PC market and force them to explain their pricing policy,' Dixons denied its prices are unfair to British customers and said it controls only 15 per cent of the PC market here, with its margins less than ten per cent. It added that the market for PCs 'has taken off quickly over the la st six months', because it has aggressively cut the price of basic 'entry-level' computers. It said it was the first UK retailer to introduce a PC for less than GBP 500 when it launched the GBP 499 Contessa 233 last month. The firm said the PC market is extremely competitive, and it monitors prices in continental Europe against those in the UK.
PCs with Intel chips inside had seen their share of sales in its stores drop to 65 per cent from 95 per cent and Intel might see this as a general fall in the market, Dixons added. It said Intel's claims were based on the chip firm's experience and not the total market.
Chris Jones, a computer market analyst with Dataquest, said Dixons is facing more competition, with supermarket firms such as Tesco and Asda now stocking PCs. He added that British consumers opt for high-cost big-brand computers rather than so-called 'no-names'. Because brand names are a higher price, this might distort national average figures and suggest firms such as Dixons are charging over the odds, said Mr Jones.
***Equator Technologies and Hitachi Work on Video, Multimedia and DTV Products
Equator Technologies and Hitachi announced the MAP1000, a programmable media processor platform for building a variety of digital media and imaging products, including set-top boxes (STBs), image processors, high-definition digital televisions (HDTVs), digital televisions (DTVs), video editors, and printers/copiers. The MAP1000 moves the functionality of these products into high-level language applications software. The MAP1000 replaces hard-wired imaging solutions, e.g. hard-wired MPEG in DTVs, with a high-performance programmable engine for fully software-based digital media and imaging without increased system cost or development complexity.
The MAP1000 media engine is offered with a suite of development tools and reference applications, providing multimedia, video, and digital signal processing (DSP) system developers rapid time to market. Through a combination of advanced architecture and advanced compiler technology, the MAP1000 moves DSP techniques from audio bandwidth to video speeds, while simplifying DSP and image processing development. The MAP1000 architecture is designed to replace hard-wired multimedia engines as well as conventional microprocessors by integrating high-performance imaging into an advanced very-long instruction word (VLIW) Central-Processing Unit (CPU). The MAP1000 can process audio, video, communications and 3-dimensional graphics concurrently. Full hardware performance is available to developers writing standard ANSI C media applications via Equator's advanced compiler technology.
The MAP1000 is the first result of the joint development between Equator and Hitachi. Hitachi will manufacture the MAP1000 product line.
The MAP1000 processor architecture supports:
· image processing equipment used in medical applications, machine vision and remote sensing, · video equipment used in video editing, surveillance products and HDTV encoders,
· high end color copiers and other office automation products,
· wireless and wire-line communications servers (including cellular base stations and multi-line DSL/modem servers), and
· next generation DTVs and STBs.The MAP1000 enables the management and processing of media types, such as Internet streaming media, to transfer to the DTV.
The Equator platform fits well with RealNetworks' G2 System Architecture which anticipates this kind of device.
The MAP1000 is the first media engine that functions as both a general-purpose processor (including virtual memory) and imaging/DSP engine into a single CPU. With over twenty billion pixel operations per second, the MAP1000 speeds exceeds hard-wired DSPs and hard-wired MPEG-2 encoders and decoders. The MAP1000 can be used in conventional co-processor configurations, but with the ability to be its own host processor; the MAP1000 can modernize operating systems and eliminate complicated interprocessor synchronization and the need for expensive co-processors.
Its advanced CPU and data transfer engine move primary aunctions to software. At the heart of the MAP1000 is a powerful data transfer engine alongside a powerful 200MHz VLIW CPU that can perform 3.2 billion MAC 16-bit multiply/add operations, 1.6 billion 32-bit floating-point operations, and 20 billion pixel-level operations per second. In general-purpose computation, the CPU issues 800 million instructions per second with on-chip instruction and data caches. The data transfer engine allows total programmer control of I/O and DRAM transactions for zero-wait overlapped operations at peak DRAM efficiency.
The chip is fully supported by the Equator iMMediaC compiler, a ANSI C compiler optimized for imaging and graphics applications. The MAP1000 is programmed exclusively in C.
With the MAP1000 and the use of C allows developers to customize their products on the fly. The MAP1000 can support a wide range of operating systems and allow for ultimate flexibility in porting to multiple end products.
The MAP1000 integrates a multimedia I/O system including dual PCI, digital video, audio, analog video, and network interfaces on a chip. Equator's architecture is designed to make extending I/O capabilities simple and efficient. The MAP1000 also supports up to 64 megabytes of external SDRAM/SGRAM at speeds over 130MHz.
The MAP1000 and iMMediaTools developer suite provides an environment for developing media applications in concert with the MAP1000. Developers can write their code entirely in C. Traditional processors require performance-intensive code to be written in assembly language. The libraries include: stdlib, a math library; trsim, a high performance profiling simulator; and casim, a fully cycle accurate simulator creating a virtual machine environment.
Equator's reference platform fully integrates the processing power of the MAP1000 into the Windows NT environment, offering a Win32-style API and simple interprocessor communication.Microsoft's MMLITE real-time kernel, developed under the Talisman technology initiative, has been extended by Equator for building advanced imaging, multimedia, and communications products on the flexible, productive Microsoft Windows NT platform.
The developer suite for the MAP1000 consists of the MAP1000 silicon processor, iMMediaTools developer kit, iMMediaC VLIW compiler, and reference board set named Maui. The MAP1000 is available in a 399-pin BGA package. It is currently sampling at 170MHz with production quantities to follow in 1999.
MAP1000 pricing is $600.00/1,000; high volume pricing will be under $200.00.
Sample pricing for the MAP1000 is at $750.00/1.iMMediaTools pricing is $10,000/seat and the Maui reference board set is priced at $6,333.00/set.
Hitachi is planning to start MAP1000 sales in the second half of 1999.
***Silicon Graphics Next-Gen Scalable Servers Based on Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM (November 30)
Silicon Graphics announced its intention to employ double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM) in future scalable server computer systems. The move to adopt this new, open-standard semiconductor memory is representative of the company increasing its use of industry-standard components to make ccNUMA technology and supercomputing pervasive. DDR SDRAM was recently ratified by the Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council (JEDEC).
SGI said that after thorough consideration they believe DDR offers better bandwidth per module and lower latency than D-RDRAM. In addition DDR is seen as offering lower intrinsic costs both in the DRAM itself and in the ease of integration with our current server architecture.
Silicon Graphics' evaluation concluded that using DDR memory in next-generation systems offers almost double the performance of single data rate (SDR) DRAM. DDR also necessitates minimal system logic changes facilitating fast design-in. Since this new type of memory requires only minor changes in manufacturing techniques, it can be made at a relatively small cost premium over existing, slower memory types. This minor cost premium has historically been the trigger for adoption of next-generation DRAM technology. In the past, Silicon Graphics has been one of the first to adopt new memory technologies such as Rambus and SDRAM. The company anticipates having more designs to use those technologies.
However, DDR is the clear choice for its future scalable server main memory.
Here is another hit on RAMBUS. Note at the end of the announcement that SGI is careful to state that they have not abandoned RAMBUS but for these products, in the release, RAMBUS did not make the cut. See also where cost is a key issue and this is an area where RAMBUS is not competitive.
***HP and FuturePlus Systems Announce AGP 4X Analysis Support (November 30)
Hewlett-Packard Company and FuturePlus Systems have pooled their resources to provide analysis support for the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). This support is for a, "quick-connect" probe that allows designers to debug, test and verify compliance of AGP 4X ports with industry specifications using HP logic analyzers. Users can monitor an AGP 4X at speeds up to 266MHz.
This capability allows a computer system to run at full speed during the debug and validation process. Bus transactions can be displayed in AGP 4X mnemonics for easy signal interpretation.
The new probe works with the HP 16700A and 16702A logic analysis systems when three HP 16557D state and timing modules are installed in the logic analyzer. The HP 16700A and 16702A analyzers combine logic analysis and emulation capabilities to help digital designers solve hardware and software integration problems rapidly. Logic analysis and emulation integrated into a single system afford design teams greater control of and more visibility into computer systems. In addition, computer designers are able to monitor system buses to accelerate the debug phase of the design cycle.
More information about HP logic analyzers can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/logicanalyzerThe new analysis probe can be ordered directly from FuturePlus Systems. Those who want to purchase the total solution from a single vendor can order from HP.
U.S. Availability and Pricing - The HP FSI-60032 analysis probe for AGP 4X costs $25,994.
***TransEDA Announces HDLCover: EDA a in Language-Neutral System-on-Chip Verification (November 30)
TransEDA announced HDLCover, a functional verification solution for Verilog, VHDL and mixed HDL design. HDLCover provides ASIC and FPGA designers with an approach to design verification, useful in IP and system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Today there is a need for additional funtions on-chip and higher performance demands which in turn result is strict functional verification processes and EDA tools that are fast and efficient. With HDLCover, designers have the flexibility to verify Verilog and/or VHDL designs with one license and one functional verification product. Previously users had to purchase either a Verilog- or a VHDL-specific verification product. Now with just one HDLCover license, designers can choose to verify Verilog or VHDL designs, or mixed language designs. The ability to switch easily between languages is a great advantage for high-end ASIC designers as well as FPGA designers who may need to use different languages from design to design. This saves the designers time and in the long run, cost. It does not matter which product the user buys today, as the other will always be available even if design language requirements differ in the future.
The dual-language approach is particularly important in the IP industry. Today, IP vendors have to provide cores in both RTL Verilog and VHDL languages, which effectively doubles their verification effort. HDLCover enables an IP provider to produce just one product for a diverse customer base with a significant reduction in verification time and resources. The dual language capability also gives the end user greater flexibility in their choice of IP provider, with the added benefit of being able to reuse design cores more frequently.HDLCover is built upon TransEDA's earlier functional verification tools, VHDLCover and VeriSure, which have been in use by ASIC and FPGA designers since 1994. Functional verification products measure the percentage of an HDL model exercised by a testbench during simulation, and highlight the untested parts of a model which carry the biggest risk of defects. These tools enable designers to optimize their simulation and minimize costly mistakes, ensuring better design quality in less time.
HDLCover is available now. Pricing starts at $20,000 for a Verilog or VHDL language solution where either language can be used independently but not simultaneously. Upgrades are available for existing VHDLCover and VeriSure users.
***Dallas Semiconductor Wraps ICs in Durable Film to Create Tiny Chip-Scale Package (November 30)
Dallas Semiconductor announced the opening of a facility to produce its 1-Wire chips in packages no bigger than the chip itself. This automated factory environmentally seals the chip to withstand field-use conditions. Chips are attached directly to printed circuit boards with on-chip solder bump connections. Smaller than existing Chip-Scale Packages (CSPs), the 1-Wire CSPs are as small as 0.77mm length x 1.3mm width x 0.43mm height-smaller than the head of a pin. This addresses needs for reduced size, simplified mounting and economical interconnect.
This silicon-size package will benefit designers trying to solve board layout problems. Further, electronic assemblers won't have to retool their automated pick-and-place equipment to place the 1-Wire CSPs on circuit boards. An electronic assembler can operate business as usual-just pick and place these new chips with the same equipment used to place other components like surface mount chip resistors and capacitors.
The solder bump adds just 0.004 inches (0.1mm), a small increase to the 0.77mm height of the chip. When placed and reflowed on printed board traces, these solder bumps form strong joints. Shear and pull strength tests show that the solder-bump method of board attachment exhibits performance equal to traditional plastic packages.
The new 1-Wire CSP packaging passes tests for temperature cycling (1,000 cycles of -55(degree)C to +125(degree)C), accelerated operating life (1,000 hours at 125(degree)C, 7 volts), biased moisture (1,000 hours, 85(degree)C at 85% RH) and autoclave (168 hours at 121(degree)C, two atmospheres, steam).
Dallas has shipped over 100 million 1-Wire chips with traditional plastic IC packages in recent years. Since the beginning of this year, over 10 million 1-Wire CSP chips have been delivered to exclusive customers. Now, with the plant online, these ultra small chips are available to the industry at large.
Dallas' family of 1-Wire chips use the DS2401 Silicon Serial Number as a base to provide a unique digital identity/address.
Additional memory and sensors are added to the serial number:
· DS2407 Dual Addressable Switch Plus Memory is a distributed actuator and sensor with 1024 bits of EPROM.
· DS2423 1-Wire RAM with Counters has 4096 bits of RAM and counters that tabulate switch closures.
· In systems where temperature is a critical parameter, the DS1820 Digital Thermometer with 16 bits of EEPROM uses 1-Wire communication for remote digital temperature sensing.Digital potentiometers, temperature recorders, higher capacity memories and microcontrollers for controlling locks will be available soon as 1-Wire CSPs. Some 1-Wire chips, called iButtons, are protected in a 16mm steel case.
1-Wire CSPs steal power for operation from the sole signal line, eliminating the extra wires to supply power. Furthermore, these devices consume zero standby power and a minute amount of operating charge (just 30 nanocoulombs per transaction for the DS2401 Silicon Serial Number). This power management gives battery-powered equipment, such as cellular telephones, full operating time.
Each 1-Wire chip bears a globally unique registration number (Serial Number plus family code and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)). The registration number can be used as a digital address in conjunction with an Internet IP address to make any object to which the chip is attached specifiable over the Web. This never-duplicated registration number also makes it possible to have many chips communicate over the same wire. The multidrop capability is referred to as a 1-Wire microLAN, a low-cost network using a PC or microcontroller as a master to communicate with many 1-Wire devices over a shared unshielded twisted pair cable up to 300 meters.
MicroLAN applications include distributed temperature sensing, card slot identification for equipment racks, and remote monitoring of metering equipment.
Currently available from stock in tape and reel format, the DS2401AX Silicon Serial Number costs $0.41 in quantities of 100,000.
***HP's 9100C Digital Sender Built Using Wind River's Tornado Development Environment (November 30)
Wind River Systems announced that Hewlett-Packard's recently introduced 9100C Digital Sender office communication device was built using Wind River's Tornado development environment and VxWorks real-time operating system with HP's JetSend auto negotiation protocol.
Hewlett-Packard is driving the development of the digital sender category in response to the need to incorporate paper-based information into knowledge-management systems and collaborative environments. The 9100C Digital Sender incorporates HP's networking and imaging experience to create a communications device that can scan and send paper information to both local and remote locations quickly and easily, without compromising quality. The 9100C Digital Sender is a compact desktop sending device for black-and-white or color office documents. It enables users to digitally send paper documents easily to any Internet e-mail address, fax number, JetSend technology-enabled device, network printer or personal computer-all from one networked device-and is an alternative to such typical paper distribution systems as fax and courier.
Wind River's Tornado and VxWorks provided the tools and baseline technology for HP to incorporate advanced features into the 9100C. These include the ability to link paper to LAN fax and Internet fax systems and an integrated LDAP address-book manager. The JetSend auto negotiation protocol from HP's Information Appliance Operations allows devices to communicate information with other JetSend-based digital senders, printers, scanners, multi-functional peripherals, set top boxes, and digital cameras. HP offers VxWorks compatible source code in the JetSend Appliance Development Kit (ADK).
Tornado is available for UNIX, Windows 95, and Windows NT host platforms and more than twenty target processor families, Tornado is a complete software cross-development environment for embedded systems. Tornado is integrated and includes the extensive development tools and VxWork is a scalable real-time operating system. Tornado is open and customizable and facilitates the use of third-party and customer-developed tools. Tornado has more than 270 software and hardware partners.
***Artel Releases Boris AE2.0 Plug-In for After Effects (November 30)
Artel Software announced the release of Boris AE 2.0 which is a set of compositing plug-ins for the Adobe After Effects product. This release has 21 new filters and improvements on existing ones.
For a full list of Boris AE 2.0 features and functionality, visit Artel's web site at
http://www.BorisFX.com and download the Boris AE 2.0 demo and technical white paper.Boris AE 2.0 is available today for a suggested retail price of $495.00. Registered Boris FX users receive an additional $100 off their purchase of Boris AE 2.0. Boris AE can be ordered direct from Artel Software at 617-451- 9900, 888-77BORIS and sales@artelsoft.com or from a Boris AE dealer.
***General Instrument Shows Edgeband TRANSMISSION System (November 30)
General Instrument announced that it has demonstrated its Edgeband Transmission technique for analog/digital transponder sharing. Edgeband Transmission provides analog television
programmers with the ability to launch additional television services without the cost of additional satellite transponder space. Edgeband Transmission permits multiple television services to be carried over an existing satellite transponder by simply adding a multiplex of MPEG-2-compressed programs at the band edge of the transponder. These services can be received and decoded at a cable headend and carried as an analog cable service or can be re-multiplexed in digital form for carriage as part of a digital multiplex.
***Metabyte Announces Its Wicked3d Eyescream 3d Stereoscopic Eyewear (December 1)
Metabyte announced its exclusive Wicked3D eyeSCREAM stereoscopic eyewear system. Compatible with popular Direct3D, QuakeGL, and Glide gaming titles, eyeSCREAM is the a stereoscopic solution that provides the quality and broad compatibility worthy of a consumer product. eyeSCREAM provides 3D stereoscopic support when coupled with ANY 12MB Voodoo2-based graphics card. Included on the eyeSCREAMO compatibility list are games like Quake II, Unreal, Need for Speed III, Forsaken, Incoming and Battlezone.
***Worldwide LCD Monitor Shipments and Regional Trends Disucssed by DisplaySearch (November 30)
DisplaySearch has released its "Quarterly Supply Vs Demand Study: LCD Monitors" report. Worldwide shipments are provided by region, application and channel. In addition to aggregated worldwide data, the report analyzes shipments by size, channel and application within each region revealing a number of critical regional trends. The report also adds a number of other new features including average U.S. LCD monitor street prices by model number by month, branded U.S. market share by size, average CRT pricing by technology type, CRT regional supply and demand, an 8-quarter forecast of analog and digital LCD monitor interface costs and penetration by resolution and a detailed forecast of the all-in-one PC market.
The Q4'98 edition reveals the following about the U.S. market:
· Q3'98 U.S. ship-out and sell-through data rose 115% and
141% vs Q2 to 48,520 and 41,000 units respectively.
· NEC led the market both on a ship-out and sell-through basis followed by Viewsonic, IBM, Samsung and Advan.
· IBM, Samsung and Advan all saw large increases in market share;
· 15.0" - 15.1" LCD monitors led the U.S. market with a 39% share followed by 14.0" - 14.1" at 29% and 16.1" at 10%. There were important variations in other regions.
· By size, Viewsonic enjoyed the highest share at 13.8", 14.0" - 14.1"and 14.5" while NEC led at 15.0"-15.1", 18.0"-18.1" and >20".
· By application, the 5 largest segments were the financial market at 9% followed by medium and large businesses, small business, medical and factory automation/industrial. There were also significant differences in other regions.The report also provides information about an upcoming TFT LCD shortage, its impact on prices and availability, what LCD suppliers are adding capacity and when, the CRT supply/demand situation, the impact and the size of the all-in-one PC market and more.
An annual subscription to the "Quarterly Supply Vs Demand Study:
LCD Monitors" is available in electronic format for $3,995 or in hard copy for $4,395. For more information on this report and other DisplaySearch products, please contact Barry Young at 512-459-3145, or fax, 512-459-3127 or email at DSPLAYSRCH@aol.com.
A table of contents and order form for all DisplaySearch reports can be found at DisplaySearch's bilingual web site at
***Merrill Lynch Selects RealNetworks' Streaming Media Solutions (November 30)
RealNetworks announced that Merrill Lynch has chosen RealNetworks RealSystem G2 streaming media software as part of the four-month Merrill Lynch OnLine Free Research Trial. From November 2 to February 28, Merrill Lynch's research will be available free to anyone in the U.S. with access to the Internet. In addition to viewing analyst reports, visitors to
http://www.askmerrill.com will be able to use RealSystem G2 RealPlayers to see and hear Merrill Lynch executives and analysts discuss the firm's research.Merrill Lynch will also be deploying RealNetworks RealSystem G2 Enterprise Edition software on its worldwide corporate intranet, enabling employees to view business critical information, including financial analyst briefings and training seminars, directly from their existing desktop PCs and workstations. Merrill Lynch will initially deploy the technology for the Learning Network, a new online knowledge environment for Financial Consultants, Branch Office Client Associates and Managers.
RealSystem G2 Enterprise Edition has shipped its final release, which is available on
***DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM Readies E-Commerce Plaza with Streaming Media Presentations for Virtual Shopping (November 30)
DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM, formerly Dynamic Imaging Systems Corp., announced that it has launched its A/V DailyNews Web site that includes a streaming audio and video shopping plaza. As the nation's first 24 hour all-streaming media News Network, A/V DailyNews encapsulates and reports the top stories in six different categories each and every day with voice and video.
These categories are:
National/International News By Chavaleh Bray
Business News By Steve Cordasco
Technology News By Rob Levin
Sports News By Dan Hunt
Entertainment News By Chiquita On Sunset And Health News By Winslow Murdoch.
Visitors to the A/V Plaza site can watch narrated videos showing upscale consumer products and special business services. The sites will be launched in time for the holiday shopping season, when an estimated $2.3 billion will be spent online according to Jupiter Communications.The sites are owned and operated by DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM, which recently underwent a name change to better reflect the extensiveness of the operating divisions' embracing of the Internet's multimedia capabilities.
In addition to A/V DailyNews and A/V Plaza, DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM owns A/V Tradeshows, A/V NewsWire, and WebTemps. DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM will additionally be launching NewReleaseWire.com, and ChiquitaOnSunset.com in December, two new acquisitions and services, to be announced.
For more information on DYNAMIC MEDIA.COM, visit
http://www.dimg.com
A/V DailyNews is located at
http://www.avdailynews.com
is an Internet's audio/video portal specializing in delivering business, sports, health and entertainment news in streaming audio and video.A/V DailyNews will aggregate audio and video news from many of the leading news providers in the country in an easy to digest format. A/V DailyNews will additionally be producing its own ocontent for the site which can be viewed using RealPlayer.
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