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Friday, August 29, 1997U.S. offers testing of commercial data-securityThe National Security Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have formed a partnership to evaluate the quality and security of information-security technologies like Internet firewalls and encryption algorithms.
Modem makers rush to deal with 56k patent holderThe patent claims of an independent software developer has thrown a monkey wrench into the work on pulse-code-modulated modems by the "fast track" groups of the Telecommunications Industry Association and International Telecommunication Union.
DVD Forum steps up to 4.7-Gbyte densityThe DVD Forum plans to begin discussion of the 4.7-Gbyte format in October, and to have version 1.0 ready in about a year.
NEC spins V800 as media processor at Hot ChipsNEC Electronics Inc. announced at the recent Hot Chips conference that it has developed a special version of its V830-series compact RISC processors for use as a media engine.
Thursday, August 28, 1997Hundt calls for Internet legislationReed Hundt, the outgoing chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, called this week for a new, global packet-switched medium for the Internet and for legislation to protect the network from the political power of entrenched competitors.
Marimba drums up a new Internet protocolIn an effort to push forward the concept of "push" technology, Marimba Inc. this week proposed extensions to the veritable Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that is the basis for data exchanges over the World Wide Web.
Read-Rite, IBM ship MR heads to WDRead-Rite Corp. and IBM Storage Systems are leading suppliers, with Sanyo also providing MR heads to WD, which is switching all its drives over to MR technology.
Planar goes LCDPlanar Systems Inc. will acquire LCD maker Standish Industries Inc. at the end of September, making Planar "the largest independent merchant supplier of flat-panel displays in the United States," James Hurd, Planar's president and chief executive officer, announced recently.
Wednesday, August 27, 1997Photonic method builds 3D ROMThe need to process more and more data for high-speed computing applications is putting pressure on conventional memory-storage techniques. One alternative method, currently under development, is a very high-density 3-D storage-memory device based on an optical technique using an effect called two-photon absorption.
Insurance carrier to write multimedia policiesThe Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has developed liability coverage specifically for the multimedia business, tackling issues unique to the nascent online-publishing industry.
Flip-chip packaging gets ready for prime timeFlip-chip technology seems finally set to come to market, as companies ready major product launches and as the infrastructure for manufacturing with flip-chip methods falls into place.
Komag sets industry frettingKomag Inc.'s recent prediction of reduced sales and a loss in its third quarter, which it attributed to changes at Seagate Technology Inc., has prompted many observers to wonder whether the drive industry was in the midst of a slowdown.
Hill debate looms as crypto forces advanceCrypto experts praised a court ruling on Monday that strikes down U.S. regulations governing the export of encryption software. However, they also warned that the final showdown over encryption exports will come this fall in Congress.
Tuesday, August 26, 1997TriQuint takes Utopia to ATMWhen the ATM Forum meets in September, the physical-layer working group will consider a proposal from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. to make the popular Utopia interface a scalable standard capable of meeting multiple Sonet line rates.
Smart cars speed ahead of automated highwaysA fleet of heavily computerized vehicles whizzed down a 7.6-mile stretch of freeway this month to demonstrate that, with the proper electronics, cars can run very nicely without drivers, thank you. But smart roadways won't be seen for years, experts estimate.
Western Digital MR move stirs price-war fearsWestern Digital Corp. will become the last major desktop-drive maker to shift to magnetoresistive (MR) technology. The move to these next-generation heads has some observers wondering whether the disk-drive pricing stability of the past few years may be about to change.
Venture capital hitting record levelsVenture-capital investments are at record levels this year, according to a quarterly survey from Price Waterhouse LLP's Technology Industry Group.
Lucent sells undersea-defense unitGeneral Dynamics Corp. recently agreed to purchase the Advanced Technology Systems (ATS) unit of Lucent Technologies Inc. The unit develops surveillance and signal-processing equipment for underwater defense operations, making it an interesting fit for nuclear-sub maker General Dynamics.
Komag to close plants, lay off 350Komag Inc. announced it would close two plants in Milipitas, Calif., and lay off 350 workers in a restructuring effort to begin next month.
Monday, August 25, 1997Sun platform lights fire under tepid NCThe network computer will gain some much-needed momentum this week, when Sun Microsystems Inc. unveils a new OEM reference platform in what's billed as a major announcement at the Java Internet Business Expo.
Duracell quits notebook smart battery marketDuracell Inc. announced last week it will exit the market for standard-sized rechargeable batteries for computers. As a result of the decision the company will phase out its Lithium ion cell manufacturing and NiMH battery back assembly operations in Waterbury, Conn.
Siemens jumps on Rambus bandwagon in license dealSiemens AG has become the twelfth DRAM maker to license memory-interface technology from Rambus Inc. Siemens plans to sample its first Direct Rambus DRAMs (RDRAMs) around June 1998.
In FPGA gambit, Zycad sells tools to Ikos, CredenceA long chapter in EDA history ended last week as Zycad Corp. disclosed it is leaving the verification business to focus exclusively on its GateField programmable-logic devices.
Chip makers target next-gen digital TVBelieving that first-generation digital TV (DTV) receivers will be prohibitively expensive prototypes, a handful of chip makers are developing second-generation digital-TV chip sets that will enable cost-effective digital receivers to reach the market in volume in 1999.
Notebook makers wrestle with hot, bulky CPUIntel Corp. is preparing to roll out samples of Deschutes, the first version of its Pentium II processor geared for notebook computers, as early as next month. But notebook makers say that the modules the chip will come packed in won't fit into their latest ultrathin computers.
Commerce rules NEC, Fujitsu dump in the U.S. marketJapanese computer makers are dumping vector supercomputers on the U.S. market, the Commerce Department concluded last week.
Intel done with non-MMX PentiumsIntel Corp. has recently stopped manufacturing non-MMX Pentium processors, and will likely cease spinning out faster versions of Pentiums altogether, as it prepares a massive conversion to 0.25-micron Pentium IIs--code-named Deschutes--for mobile, desktop and high-end workstation and server systems by the first half of next year, the company said.
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