Company Bets Its Chips Will Be Winners

Mon., July 3, 2000

Compiled By Bill Sallquist

Mainstream music lovers — even those without PCs — may soon be able to convert CDs into digital music files.

A California company says it has developed a chip to accomplish the task. PortaPlayer Inc. of Santa Clara says its chip and software will allow next-generation boom boxes and home stereos to translate analog music into digital as the music plays and pull content off the Internet using a phone line.

Knight Ridder

Beam me up, Scotty: Most phone calls still pass along copper wires, but future traffic may rely less on wiring and more on new technologies such as laser beams.

One factor driving the change is the inability of older phone or cable wires to meet demand for today’s most complex Internet and communications services.

Sun-Sentinel, South Florida

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