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The article presents information on various events and happenings related to the computer industry, as of March 1, 2000. The International Symposium on Physical Design 2000 is being held at San Diego, California, in 2000. American Association for Artificial Intelligence 2000 Spring Symposium on "Smart Graphics" is being held in Palo Alto, California. The Simulation Solutions 2000 conference is being held in March 2000. The International Business Forum on Mobile Systems, The 5th Business Forum, is being held in March 2000. The 12th ITC Specialist Seminar on Teletraffic Issues Related to Mobile Systems and Mobility is being held in Norway. The International Symposium on Telemedicine and Teleeducation in Practice ISTEP 2000 will be held in Slovakia. The 6th International Conference on Auditory Display will be held in April 2000. The 10th Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privavcy, will take place in April 2000.

Focuses the computer industry, highlighting the impending crises experienced by the microchip makers in Silicon Valley, California. Details on the crises; Combination of experts in the field of laser fusion, astronomical interferometry and spy-satellite imaging; Reference to the fashioning of each layer of a microchip's components; Comments from Bill Siegle, chief scientist at AMD in Sunnyvale, California.

Focuses on the computer industry in Silicon Valley, California, highlighting the three-dimensional (3D) sound system developed by Beth Wenzel and colleagues at the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center. Identification of the main ability which Wenzel wants to exploit; Details on the 3D sound systems; Comments from Richard Duda, professor of electrical engineering at San Jose State University. INSET: Spaced-out sounds.

Focuses on the success of the computing industry in Silicon Valley, California, reference to technology investor Roger McNamee. Job description of McNamee; Comments from McNamee regarding the computing industry in Silicon Valley; Information on a study carried out by James Gibbons, former dean of the school of engineering at Standford between 1984 and 1996, regarding the relationship between industry and academy.

Focuses on the Seybold Seminars which will be held in September 2001 in San Francisco, California. Goal of the event; Details on the event's conferences; Keynote speakers of the event.

Comments on Silicon Valley in California. Computer and information technology companies that are present at Silicon Valley; Description on the culture at Silicon Valley; What makes Silicon Valley different from other places.

The article presents biographies and statements of candidates for the position of president of the Association of Computing Machinery Council. Being a doctorate in mathematics, Stephen R. Bourne, of Menlo Park, California-based El Dorado Ventures, is well known for his work on the UNIX operating system. Steve is a member of the ACM, IEE, and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. In this article, he states some elements that ACM need to focus are most effective forums for communication between members, new partnerships with other professional organizations to improve effectiveness in policy making forums etc. Another candidate, A. Joseph Turner, professor in Department of Computer Science at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, received the Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award in 1996 for contributions to computing education. Turner states that it would be a great time to be involved in a progressive organization of computer professionals.

Focuses on the men who come to Silicon Valley in California aspiring for a career in the computer industry. Choice between a steady career and adventures; Application of electronic mail in adventure; Benefits of telecommunication advancement.

Presents an overview of the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) in California. History of work in the computer industry done there; Establishment of the Incubator by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) in 1993; The Incubator as a place for young entrepreneurs who would not be able to survive in the computer industry by themselves; Profiles of those within the Incubator; Tendency of older computer engineers to finance the younger ones.

Presents a photo-essay on the pioneers of the computer industry in the Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. Includes Intel Chairman Gordon Moore; Netscape Communications President Jim Clark; AutoDesk CEO Carol Bartz.

Discusses the economic recovery of the technology companies located in California's Silicon Valley in contrast to Boston, Massachusetts' Route 128. Financial performances since 1965; Silicon Valley's adaption to changes in international competition; Silicon Valley's decentralized industrial system; Hewlett-Packard's management styles based on teamwork and participation; Corporations dominating Route 128.

A venture capitalist who scaled entrepreneurial heights as a key investor in Apple Computer, Altos Computer Systems, and Tandem, talks of opportunity, company building, investor madness, and the failings of the business press. An in-depth interview with Don Valentine.

Presents information on the criteria needed in order to be eligible for the A.M. Turing Award. A.M. Turing award known to be the most prestigious award offered by the Association fof Computing Machinery (ACM) Council; Manuel Blum of the University of Berkeley, the recipient of the A.M. Turing Award.

Focuses on Moore's Law in relation to the economic prosperity of Silicon Valley, California. Definition of the law; The effect of Intel's double packed chip on the turnaround time for Moore's observation; Definition of Moron's Law.

America's technology industry is becoming more and more intertwined with government. It has realised that the machinery of government in Washington can greatly influence its growth and profitability, and is becoming increasingly involved in lobbying. Conversely, the American government has become keenly aware of IT's crucial importance for the nation's well-being, heightened by the emphasis on homeland security. This should not come as a surprise, argues Debora Spar, a professor at Harvard Business School. "When technologies first emerge, there is a rush away from government and a surge of individualism. Over time, however, the rebels tend to return to the state." The reason public rules usually find their way into a technology, Spar argues, is because government can protect property rights and restore order. But it also happens when a technology becomes widely used. The chipmaker never had any ideological qualms about co-operating with government. In that sense, it has always been a mature company. Intel benefited from government money in the 1980s when it came under competitive pressure from Japanese manufacturers. Other Silicon Valley firms, too, owe much to the state. Oracle, for instance, grew out of a consulting job for the CIA, and the taxpayer stumps up for over a fifth of its orders. The Valley as a whole, however, did not develop a political conscience until 1996, when it successfully campaigned against a California ballot initiative that would have made shareholder lawsuits much easier. This alerted the region's leaders to the need to get more involved to defend their interests, leading to the creation of such groups as TechNet, a lobbying and fund-raising organisation. This environment also provided fertile ground for having a go at Microsoft. The antitrust case against the company might never have been brought without its competitors stirring up the trustbusters.

Customers who upgrade to Windows Server 2003, developed by Redmond, Washington-based computer software developer Microsoft Corp., may have to pay more than expected, due to a host of layered add-on services scheduled to ship over the next six to nine months as of May 13, 2003.The company is considering charging users for add-on services that would be released after the initial launch of the product this week in San Francisco, California.Services provided by the company include the company's Real-Time Communications Server, Active Directory Application Mode and Windows Rights Management, among others.

Mentions the computer chip developed by Transmeta in Saratoga, California. Crusoe chips consuming less battery power than a normal processor; Expectation that the chips will power a new generation of portable Web devices.

Discusses the dissatisfaction of powerful computer industry executives in Silicon Valley, California to President Bill Clinton's policies which negatively affect the computer industry. Clinton's decision to ease export restrictions on computer decoding software; President's lukewarm support of the telecommunications reform measure.

Discusses Silicon Valley in California. William Shockley as the creator of Fairchild Semiconductor; Fairchild's establishment of numerous companies, including Intel Corporation; The term Silicon Valley; Stanford University as a factor of Silicon Valley's success.

Mentions Silicon Valley Tarot cards, created by programmer Thomas Scoville. The cards' parody of life in the United States computer capital; Characters featured in the cards; Contact point for more information.

True to the daring spirit that built the Silicon Valley, the mood here is not gloom and doom but one of hope and excitement. As many here see it, such fields as biotechnology and telecommunications are opening new frontiers while a `maturing' semiconductor industry provides fresh challenges. Some believe that the economic pressures have been good for the Valley as most marginal companies that folded strengthened the existing major firms.

Computer entrepreneur A. Nathaniel Goldhaber has been named president and chief executive of Kaleida, the Apple/IBM joint venture. Goldhaber, 44, recently served as president of a venture capital firm specializing in high technology. He was also the founder of the computer networking firm Tops, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems five years ago. Kaleida will develop multimedia systems combining data, audio and video. Offices are temporarily set up in Apple's Cupertino HQ until a San Francisco base can be established.

Describes the development, and performance of the SUN 386i/250 workstation machine manufactured by Mountainview, California-based Sun Microsystems Inc. Components of the system; System requirements; Features; Usability; Operational functions.

Announces the holding of the 1995 Silicon Valley Personal Computer Design Conference and (SVPC) Exhibition on August 21-23 at the San Jose Hyatt Hotel in California. Program of activities; Topics to be discussed; Participants of the conference.

Only one-fifth of the original 250 high-tech firms remain in business in Silicon Valley. Venture capital is drying up, and everything from IBM to overkill has been blamed.

Reports on the relationships formed by San Jose, California-based LockStar Inc. with several public key infrastructure (PKI) vendors to ensure interoperability with the LockStar solution to PKI-enabled mainframe computers.

Santa Clara, California-based Netcontinuum Inc., a provider of ASIC-based application security appliances, has announced its NC-1000 Application Security Gateway has passed a stringent Premier Services Certification for application security from ICSA Labs, a division of TruSecure Corporation. Developed to provide individualized test methodology for security vendors and end users alike, ICSA Labs Premier Services product testing helps enterprises better understand and select security technologies. The NC-1000 begins protection with application cloaking technology that hides all details of backend application resources.

Reports on computer company IBM Corp.'s victory in a chemical-exposure civil lawsuit filed against it in San Jose, California. Implications for other chemical-exposure cases against IBM and other computer companies; Background on the case; Reason behind the delay in the trial of the birth-defects case filed against the company.

Reports on the plan of Texas Instruments Inc. to shed more light on its digital RF processor at the 2004 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California. Comments from Bill Krenik, advanced architectures manager at Texas on the implementation of GSM/GPRS; Positive results of GSM/GPRS test silicon; Intention of the company to implement DRP of an integrated wireless local area network chip.

Siebel Systems Inc., in its latest move to attract a broader customer base, plans to enhance its fledgling Siebel CRM On-Demand hosted services with technology it is acquiring with customer relationship management application service provider UpShot Corp. Siebel plans to merge the Mountain View, California, company, which it is purchasing for $70 million, with its own forthcoming hosted offering by the second quarter of next year. UpShot's offline client is chief among the technologies Siebel intends to migrate to Siebel CRM OnDemand, its joint offering with IBM. The client, which is based on Microsoft Corp.'s Excel software, will be a second offline option along with Siebel's own offline client, according to Ken Rudin, vice president and general manager of Siebel CRM OnDemand.

Reports on plans of computer companies Opsware Inc. and Voltaire Inc. to unveil technology designed to tackle blade proliferation at the annual Server Blade Summit in San Jose, California. Automatic configuration features of the technology; Brief description of the blade center platform released by computer company Sun Microsystems Inc.

Reports developments related to computer industry during the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, California. Development of aggressive products and marketing programs by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) ; Plan of QualTel to consolidate Sun Netra servers to IBM X33 servers; Features of HP Software Porting Express Service.

Criticizes the attitude of computer companies in Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California on the recruitment of minorities. Efforts of Silicon Valley businesses to expand H-1B visa program; Views by Afro-American professionals on the hiring practices of Silicon Valley companies; Controversy on H-1B visas in northern California.

Reports the preparation of Sun Microsystems Inc. to introduce software and services complementing the hardware platform in Santa Clara, California. Announcement of the Net Effect strategy and a hardware based on UltraSPARC processor range; Plan to unveil software technological advancements; Provision of electronic commerce reliability and scalability.

Reports the annual Microprocessor Forum by Intel Corp. in Santa Clara County, California. Announcement of the mobile processor road map on the electronic business summit; Impact of the microprocessor on power consumption; Introduction of 'Deeper Sleep' mode in the operation of Intel Mobile Voltage Positioning; Details on several industrial issues discussed at the summit.

Provides information on the computer networking equipment manufacturer Cisco Systems of San Jose, California. Reason for Cisco's popularity among Wall Street analysts; Types of products offered; Maintenance of its growth rate; Business opportunities for Cisco with Internet-based telecommunication; Competitors of the company.

Presents information on the economic disadvantages of Latinos in the Silicon Valley region of California. Unemployment and lack of education among Latinos in Silicon Valley despite the success of the region's high-technology employers; Details on how their real income fell in 1999; How employers such as defence companies that had offered well-paid jobs have left; High-tech companies ignoring the population for employment opportunities.

Focuses on Rise Technology, a central processing unit (CPU) manufacturer located in Santa Clara, California. Efforts of Rise Technology to build low cost CPUs and sell them at low prices; Competition with Intel Corp.; Details of Rise Technology's MP6 computer chip; The competitive aspects of the chip.

Reports that in Silicon Valley, California, the way to tell how a company is performing is by how crowded the parking lot is after the normal workday ends at 7 p.m. Highlights of a survey that was conducted at the parking lots of Cisco System Incorporated, Oracle Corporation, Yahoo! Incorporated and Excite Incorporated, all computer-related companies. INSETS: Between the lines;Driven, but practical.

Reports on the holding of Demo '98, an exhibition of computer products in Indian Wells, California. Computer software displayed at show; Participating vendors; Pricing and availability of products; Comments of exhibitors.

The article presents information on various developments related to the IT industry. A free Wi-Fi service has been launched by Google Inc. in its home-town of Mountain View, California. The U.S. National Security Agency's program of wiretapping Americans without a warrant has been ruled as unconstitutional by a federal judge.

The article highlights the 31st annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) of the Association for Computing Machinery held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California from August 8 to 12, 2004. A couple of decades ago, conference attendees could count on seeing a couple things at SIGGRAPH that had literally never been seen before in human history, such as textured 3D objects or hierarchical human animation. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there's been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing. One class of hardware that wasn't in evidence at the show was tablet computers. There's exactly one attendee using a tablet, compared to hundreds of laptops of every size and description. If the SIGGRAPH community's resisted adopting tablets as mobile work devices, one wonders if there's any hope for them in the wider community, at least until they become as thin and light as paper.

Reports on the coming-out party of Cavium Networks Inc. for its Octeon processor in California. Control with licensing of 64-bit MIPS instruction set; Number of customers; Network processors; Security standards.