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Presents a forecast of the performance of personal computer suppliers in the United States in 1998. Increase in the sales of low-cost machines; Success of the direct-sales strategies used by original equipment manufacturers; Emergence of Pentium II; Innovations in the corporate sector.

Focuses on personal computer (PC) original equipment manufacturers' (OEM) modification of their business models to include joint manufacturing with their distributors. Implications of channel assembly or joint manufacturing process on the structure of the PC industry; Base models required to support channel assembly; International Business Machines' (IBM) Authorized Assembler Program.

Presents Bernard Levine's perspective on the computer/component industries during his 20 years as part of the `Electronic News' newspaper. Evolution of microprocessors and semiconductors since 1976; Major impact of the World Wide Web; Involvement of electronic component and system makers in business, entertainment, education and other aspects of life.

Presents news briefs related to the computer and electronic industry in the United States. Includes changes in the licensing agreement between Lam Research and International Business Machine Corp.; Varian Associates' patent infringement lawsuit against Lam Research; Placement of a multi-million-dollar order with Silicon Valley Group for a deep-ultra photolithography cluster system by Goldstar Electron.

Discusses the competition in personal computer microprocessor market in the United States. Impact of the performance of Intel Corp. to the financial status of other companies; Details on the acquisition of companies by Intel in 1999.

Reports on Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.'s plan to launch a series of initiatives aimed at maintaining its share in the workstation market. Success of Sun's UltraSparc-based server systems and the widespread use its Java software platform on the Internet; Contemplation of cutting costs and prices and entering the redundant systems market; Key areas of concern of company president Masood Jabbar.

Focuses on the role of the consumer as a driving force in embedded systems development. Fundamental shift in the definition of what constitutes an embedded system; Changing character of the Embedded Systems Conference; Companies that account for 51 percent of the embedded programmable micro market; Application specific trend; Intel's strategies in the embedded market.

Looks at the reasons for Acer America's continued poor performance in the United States computer market. Success of Acer America's Taiwanese parent company in Asia; Failure of Acer's Aspire model to conquer the United States branded personal computer market; Company's problem with the size of the investment required to go head to head with major American computer companies.

Focuses on the prospects for retail sales of consumer electronics and personal computers in the United States for the 1997 Christmas season. Retailers' views on the holiday sales for 1997; Factors affecting retail sales for electronics; Consumer electronics products launched by companies.

Offers information about events related to the electronics and computer industries in September and October 1995. The `Semiconductor Technology' (seminar) sponsored by Technology Associates; Cadence Design Systems Forum on the Competitive Electronics Marketplace; Information Superhighway Summit; Embedded Systems Conference; More.

Presents events in the international computer industry from February to April 1995. Includes the International Interface Technology Conference in California on February 21-24; MacWorld Expo/Tokyo in Japan on February 25-28; Power Supply Design seminar March 1-2; 1995 International Reliability Physics Symposium in Nevada on April 3-6.

Forecasts on the impact of a modest spending in research and development of personal computer (PC) makers on sourcing and manufacturing of semiconductor products. Prediction of a tempered growth in PC unit shipments; Market growth affecting demand for semiconductor products.

Reports on developments in the computer and electronic industries. Includes Samsung Electronics' use of the Micrascan II deep-ultraviolet lithography system in producing its 256-megabit DRAM; Lam Research's new R&D facility in Fremont, California; Order received by Sun Micron Systems Corp. from Cypress Semiconductor for four of its Gama-1 modular, automatic wet-wafer cleaning systems.

Reports on contracts awarded by government agencies and prime contractors to computer and electronic companies. Includes Cray Research Inc.; Hughes Missile Systems; Electrospace Systems Inc.

Examines how the adoption of the PowerPC microprocessor by a consortium of Taiwanese personal computer (PC) manufacturers stands to escalate the rivalry between Intel's Pentium and the standard developed by Motorola and IBM in the United States. Effect of adoption of PowerPC standard upon Taiwan's PC industry; Difficulties faced by Taiwanese PC makers on Intel's Pentium.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the U.S. as of June 2002. Decision of Intel to discontinue its Web-hosting business, Intel Online Services; Appointment of president of North American operations of Infineon Technologies AG; Expansion made by Xilinx Inc. on its Virtex-II Pro field programmable gate array family.

Focuses on the plan of Via Technologies Inc. to enter the reference design market for small and wireless personal computers (PC). Services offered by the company; Description of Via's chipsets; Launch of the company's Tablet PC reference design and a form factor PC motherboard.

Focuses on the decision of Gateway Inc. to discontinue its use of processors manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Plans of the company to simplify its manufacturing costs; Reaction of computer companies to the decision of Gateway; Negotiation of AMD with Gateway.

Reports on the sales of personal computer during the advent of the 2001 school season in the U.S. Comments from analysts on the performance of the industry; Sales prospects for computers for the holidays.

Forecasts the status of the wireless infrastructure market in the United States as of April 2001. Projection on the recovery of the personal computer market segment; Requirements for finding growth in chip-vendor revenues; Sales decline of several technology companies.

Reports on the status of the personal computer (PC) industry in the United States as of April 2001. Forecast of Intel Corp. on the market recovery of PC; Growth of chip inventories; Cost cutting of chipmakers.

Deals with the declining demand for personal computer systems and motherboards in Taiwan as of April 2001. Factors contributing to the trend; Negative effect on semiconductor makers; Companies that may possibly survive the financial trouble.

Forecasts the demand for double data rate (DDR) dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in the personal computer (PC) market. Projection of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. on the increased demand for DDR DRAM memory; Predictions of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on the continued demand for Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) technology; Outlook of analysts on the future of DDR and RDRAM in the PC market.

Predicts the recovery of the corporate profits of Intel Corp. in 2001. Factors that influence the poor performance of the company; Information on the stocks of Intel; Competition between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Reports on the shift of the marketing strategy of Intel Corp. to the server market in 2001. Factors that drive the company to focus on the server market; Investment of Intel for research and development; Microprocessors to be released by the company.

Reports that communications surpassed the personal computer industry as the driver of the integrated circuit industry. Gains of the Nasdaq and Dow Jones stock markets; Factors which contributed to the positive performance of the communications sector; Technology companies which gained strong performance.

Focuses on Intel Corporation's Desktop 2001 Roadmap Update regarding the use of direct Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM) in the personal computer market. Marketing plans of Intel; Reason for not using RDRAM memory in the mainstream market; Factors which influenced Intel's roadmap.

Focuses on the competition between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel Corp., microprocessor companies based in the United States. Market demand for microprocessors and flash memory; Revenues of AMD; Earnings of Intel.

Presents information on Intel Corp., a primary component supplier to the personal computer (PC) market. Stability of multi-PC households; Amount of money that Intel plans to spend to help its business partners accelerate product development in the e-business market; Market share of Intel.

Details the plan of National Semiconductor Corp. to exit the personal computer (PC) microprocessor business. Surged in stocks of the company after announcing the plan; Details on the jobs that the company will eliminate as part of the plan; Purpose of National in closing its business; Information on the acquisition of Cyrix company by National Semiconductor.

Reports on the drop in Intel Corp.'s sales in the first quarter of 1999. Reaction of financial analysts on the sales drop; Factors to be attributed for the drop in sales; Expected decline in the company's second quarter earnings; Earnings of Apple Computer for the first quarter.

Interviews Dwight Decker, chairman and chief executive officer of Conexant Systems Inc. Progress and prospects of Conexant Systems Inc.; Revenue of the Personal Computing division of Conexant Systems Inc.; Challenge faced with regards to cable modems.

Speculates the future of IBM Corp. in the personal computer (PC) business. Business loss suffered by IBM; Factors that led to the loss; Companies which experienced success in the PC business.

Reports on the supply agreement entered by Dell Computer Corp. with IBM Corp. Value of the deal; Impact of the agreement on Dell Computer; Terms of the deal.

Focuses on the competition between Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) for the low-end personal computer market. Price cuts made by the two companies; Advantages and disadvantages of the two sides; Account about the chips to be launched by the two companies in 1999.

Reports on the Goldman Sachs investor conference in New York in February 1999 which focused on the microprocessor price wars. Comments from Intel's Chief Operating Officer Andy Bryant; Importance of multi-tiered strategy.

Discusses the outlook for the personal computer (PC) market in the United States in 1999. Expected drop in PC prices; Rise in microprocessor speed; Competition among IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other major PC makers to corner consumers who are struggling to reduce the total cost of ownership; Peripheral connection technologies that are expected to be launched; Intel's transition to Rambus technology.

Analyzes e-machines' decision to develop and market sub-$500 personal computers (PCs) in the United States. Pressure on large computer manufacturers to lower their cost; Attempt to revive the PC market; Question on the profitability of selling low-cost PCs; Uncertainty of the impact of the company's move on the computer industry.

Discloses Intel Corp.'s long-range roadmap for its high-end microprocessors targeting workstations and servers. Reflection of the company's strategy to provide a broad product portfolio; Multiprocessor devices expected from the company; Development of microprocessor units compatible on all existing operating systems.

Discusses factors influencing Intel Corp.'s lack of legal actions to various conflicts with other microprocessor vendors in the United States. Growth in the company's market share; Federal Trade Commission's investigation of the company for alleged violation of anti-trust laws; Court decisions in favor of Intel's opponents.

Focuses on the activities of manufacturers of microprocessor units in the United States for the week ending August 31, 1998. AMD's introduction of the 350-megahertz (MHz) version of its K6-2 multimedia processor; National Semiconductor's completion of its transition to 0.25-micron technology at the company's Portland, Maine facility; Intel's release of a 450-MHz version of the Pentium II.

Part I. Looks at the activity in the personal computer graphics industry in Canada. Move to complete Accelerated Graphics Port systems; Success of ATI Technologies and Matrox Graphics despite downturn in the industry; Development by companies of own graphics boards and chips; ATI's move to invest in set-top boxes and develop reference platforms and software.

Reports on the growth of direct online sales by computer original equipment manufacturers in the United States. Dell Computer's offer of an online retail store for consumers and small businesses since the late 1980s; Gateway's launching of an electronic commerce site in 1996; Micron's launching of a brand campaign; Sales performances and prospects in the Internet.

Reports that the Home Phone Networking Alliance (HPNA) has selected the Silicon Valley Networking Lab in Palo Alto, California to develop test and certification programs for members. Lab's provision of objective third-party public and private testing services to networking original equipment manufacturers.

Focuses on Compaq Computer Corp. and RadioShack's computer marketing and distribution agreement in the United States. Objectives of the agreement; RadioShack's relationship with other computer firms; Available products under the deal.

Discusses the potential of senior citizens as a market for computers and related products. Percentage of people ages 40 and older who are using a computer at home or at work; Emergence of computer and Internet classes for the older segment; Factors that can hold seniors back from buying computers; Seniors' rating of keeping in touch with family as the most important thing in their lives.

Reports that the personal computer (PC) industry is showing signs of improvement. Conditions needed for the recovery of the market; Indicators that PC sales may be rebounding;Impact of the Asia/Pacific crisis on the manufacturers of PC components; Factors that contribute to sustainable improvement in PC sales.

Discloses that several issues continue to hamper the full implementation of the 1394 multimedia connection standard in the United States. Device Bay controversy; Power management; Content protection; Inclusion of 1394 drives in Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems.

Discloses that IBM and STMicroelectronics have strengthened their existing relationship to accelerate development of advanced system-on-chip products. Cross-licensing agreements; Joint development of integrated circuits for data storage applications and personal computer compatible information appliances; Increased vendor competition in hard disk drive and embedded CPU markets.

Highlights the debate over the best language and method for computer hardware and software co-design. Efforts by semiconductor industry to attain the vaunted system-on-a-chip (SOC) goal; Details on the code of chip design; Discussion on the use of a higher level language.