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spoke, If you want to put me on your ignore list, that is fine with me as I simply don't care. However my civility left the room with you as you took my words and twisted them for whatever reason. Then you came back and pretty much called me a liar withoug actually saying it. That is when my civility went on vacation.
And as for the mikey thing, it was just a joke dude....LOL
Have a nice life,
Pengy
Ps.
Since you seem to know sooooo much, why don't you apply for a job at NVEI since it appears to me that you think you can help them out with your vast array of knoledge...
(that was a joke too BTW)
LOL
spoke, Yes, you did repeat my words, but out of context. I've noticed that you've been doing this with other posters recently also.
I'm not "backpedaling" as you put it. I was just replying to your reply and twisting of my words, that is all. Now in this post you basically call me a liar. I might not be the best speller, but a liar I am not.
Another thing, I don't think you can prove it as I'm not sure if Brad will reply to your e-mail. He may or may not. I don't know. I hope he does though. Or at least addresses it in an upcoming FAQ which is probably more likely. I'm sure that will take longer though.
Do you understand now?
Pengy
Ps.
Have you been taking lessons from mikey? LOL
cobra, You are correct in saying that the Embarq chip will have a relatively low gate count. If I recall correctly, the basic core of Embarq is actually quite simple as far as these type of chips are concerned from what I have been told.
Yes, costs are coming down significantly on ASIC development, and outsourcing to an Asian company is just one part of that as is the fact that new technologies and processes have been developed to speed up the development process.
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
spoke, You don't seem to understand. OK. I heard it from Brad and saw it posted here too. Do you understand now? Just because I said I saw something posted here after I said that I said I heard it from Brad does not mean I lied. You're taking things out of context yet again dude. It's just that simple. And to call me a liar, well now that just pisses me off.
Another thing, don't try to put words in my mouth ever again. I can't help it if you did not understand what I was saying. They were in seperate posts too.
Later,
Pengy
cobra, You are correct from what I understand.
Pengy
spoke, Whatever. Think what you want dude. I'm growing weary of you and some of your assumptions. However if you must know that figure was posted here previously. I don't have a link to it, but if you're so darned determined to argue about this I'd suggest you start searching for it.
At least you're stepping up to the plate and have (according to your post anyway) sent an inquiry to the Company about the figure in question. I thank you for that.
Pengy
spoke, Maybe I was referring to you and maybe I was not. It really doesn't matter since you responded to my post anyway now does it?
As you may recall a while back we debated the development cost for an ASIC chip and arrived at different figures and lead times for this. Yes, you did provide some links as well and I believe I did also but mainly in reference to lead times.
"We require $10 million over the next 12 to 14 months in order to accomplish our vision for the company." You are correct that Brad did say this, however I believe you are taking it out of context. The money required is for the vision, the whole package which just so happens to include all expenses such as the cost of being a public company, payroll, legal, etc... Forgot that BIG detail, did you?
Some? You really want to know this don't you? You really want to know who some is? I'll give you a hint: Some = One actually. One = The man who is running the Company. The man who is running the Company = Brad.
So, to quote you, "Brad seems to know what he is talking about. You clearly do not."
For the rest of your questions: "What kind of ASIC? What kind of gate count? How many masks? What design rules? " I don't have those answers and neither do you. But I know who does. Do you? Hint: Some.
Here's some advice yet again: Don't jump to any hasty conclusions before all the facts are in.
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
whp, In regards to financing, which we all agree that NVEI needs, I would like to respond to one of your statements:
"I just don't understand why NVI can't find several anxious telcos who are willing to invest on a development basis, where they would in essence be then given preferential treatment when it comes to allocation of chips, or a discounted purchase price from their hardware supplier at the time of sale."
The problem with that may be that they have found several anxious telecos willing to invest, however they would like to have more of a control over Embarq than NVEI will allow such as exclusivity. That is a genuine possibility and could very potentially hurt future revenues from Embarq in the future.
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
It's good to see that the Company has gotten a bit of financing, unsecured debt at that, and that they have announced that they are in the negotiation process of obtaining further financing. Good news indeed.
Pengy
tigs, Very well put indeed. Of course now that the FPGA is funded and in the final development stages now some people are wondering and asking how NVEI will come up with the 7-10 mil for the ASIC chip....LOL 7-10 mil LOL That figure is way off from what I understand.
As we all know NVEI will be outsourcing the ASIC development, and they have already been doing their DD on this as to who they would like to do it, how much it will cost, and of course how long it will take. It seems clear from Brad's presentation at the SHM that they plan on looking to some Asian Company(s) to do this. In addition it was mentioned that there will be a significant cost savings on the ASIC development by outsourcing in this manor. Some have estimated the cost to be between 2-2.5 million, a significant savings to NVEI. On top of that there have been some fairly recent developments in the chip design/making feild that have also significantly cut the development & production time.
Anyway, here's a clip from Brad's presentation at the SHM about outsourcing & cost cutting:
"We will always be a lean operation. We currently outsource R&D
to Adaptive Networks, Inc., and will continue to do so. We
don't have our own CFO, but instead buy a few hours of a
qualified CFO from an outsource firm. We know how to put to
work contract workers and partners to get done very
inexpensively what would take other companies much more money
to do. And as we grow, we will not invest in a building. You
know, it used to be that the building where everyone came to
work was the heart of the organization. Not any more. The
server - the clearinghouse for files and email - is now the
heart. As long as an employee can access the server, he can
work and live anywhere in the world. These concepts of
outsourcing can, cumulatively, have a HUGE impact on how much
it costs to develop technology. A friend of mine is CEO of a
network equipment manufacturing operation in the Silicon
Valley. Last year he faced a similar challenge to the one that
we face with Embarq. Instead of building a team in Silicon
Valley, he built it in China. He shared his actual results with
me recently, and I want to share them with you.
Slide 14
A RELIANCE ON OUTSOURCING
-------------------------
o Example from a private network equipment company's presentation to VC's:
(annualized $ in thousands) US-based Asia-based
--------------------------- -------- ----------
Fully loaded labor cost per 125 17
engineer
Prototyping 2,131 310
General & Administrative 3,876 1,838
Facilities 3,084 631
Total, assuming 15 engineers 10,966 1,185
and one prototype
---------------------------- ----------
Savings 90%
An engineer that he paid $125,000 to in Silicon Valley can be
replaced by a $17,000 engineer in China. His cost to do a
prototype went from $2 million to $310,000. It cost far less to
run the office, and his facilities costs also plummeted. In
all, his team of 15 engineers that were going to build his
prototype for $11 million were replaced by a team that could do
it for $1 million. That's a 90% savings! And my friend tells me
that he did not have to sacrifice quality or timeliness in the
bargain. Fellow shareholders, this is where we are going, also.
Through Tom Cooper and others, we are actively investigating
Asian companies for every stage of our coming development."
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
Ps.
Tigs, the majority of this post was not directed towards you but used to make a few points in general.
Surfca, One thought on why the payoff we newsworthy is that it is one of the triggering devices in order to get the FPGA released and sent out for evaluation by the two Teleco's.
Another one could be that they wanted to do that in order to expediate any financing deals that may be pending. (I kind of doubt this one as they can simply open up the books on that one).
There could be any number of reasons why the PR was released, but I'm sticking with my first thought on this one as it is the one that makes the most sense. Plus it lets us as shareholders know that progress is being made in a positive direction.
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
Excellent news! It certainly seems that all is right on track, that's for sure.
GO NVEI!
Pengy
I was in the middle of typing out a great post when my computer froze up, and instead of typing it out once again, I have chosen to just say the following simple words:
Don't jump to any hasty conclusions before all the facts are in.
Thank you and good night,
Pengy
Where do I begin?
I have just read the last 100 posts on the board and..ROFL is all I can say about what seems to be uneducated speculation. It is tryly mind boggling some of the things that some of you guys came up with today and yesterday.
With that being said, let me inform you of how (as I know it through educated DD), that the final chip is "set up" so to speak. Yes, it is true, the Embarq chip will have the Powerstream in it. As to the %, the Company released that information to us the other day. I have no problem with that, and here is why.
1) We were told several times that what we now know as the Embarq Technology is the Technology that pushes the data transfer to unprecedented speeds over single pair twisted copper lines.
2) In order to make the Embarq Technology completely viable under real World circumstances they needed to develop a Technology that can operate around the noise, etc... that exists over the copper lines.
3) NVEI found a compatible Technology to make #2 happen when they signed a development and licenscing agreement with Adaptive for an exclusive Worldwide use of their Powerstream Technology for use over copper telephone lines.
You follow me so far?
4) From what I understand, and it makes perfect sense to me, that when you take an existing Technology for use over one medium (let's use Powerstream for example), and couple certain attributes of that Technology with a completely new Technology (let's use Embarq for example here), and then use that over a completely different medium (copper telephone wires in this case), it is obvious that some tweaking and modification must be done to the Technology that previously existed (Powerstream) when it is coupled with a NEW TECHNOLOGY (Embarq), and used over a different medium (copper telephone wires) than what it was origionally designed for.
Still with me on this?
5) In order for all of this development work to happen some payment plan and licenscing agreement must be worked out, which it has. In addition I believe I am correct in stating that in the way that the licenscing agreement between NVEI and Adaptive worked out so that the licenscing agreement is also an asset that shows up on NVEI's bottom line. (I am not an accountant and never claimed to be one, but I believe I am correct on that one.)
6) Now to take a brief step back, the from my understanding is that the basic form of Embarq Technology was developed at Cambridge. Now you have to take that Technology and couple it with another Technology in order to make it 100% viable. That is where we are now in the final stages of merging the two completely different Technologies, (at least that is my take on it), and thus while merging these two completely different Technologies further development is necessary as I previously stated.
7) All reports that have come from the Company have stated that the completion of the merged Technologies is nearing completion in the form of the FPGA chips that will be sent so several Teleco's for their evaluation process. However do not forget that prior to this NVEI had also sent several equipment manufacturers the simulation software for evaluation and shortly after that the design for the final FPGA product was frozen and thus the simulation software that was sent must have shown that what will become the FPGA is truly and indeed a viable product.
OK. I hope that clears some things up. And I must apologize for the long post, not quite yet as it's about to get longer.
A) Financing. As we have been previously informed by the Company, a financing agreement is close. I have no other information than that, but I don't think that the Company would have released information pertaining to financing being in the final stages unless they indeed believed that to be true.
B) This is not the "old NVXE" (as some have phrased it), my friends, but indeed a Company making forward progress on its Technology under development and nearing completion as well as bringing in some revenues from a division of the Company that is slated to be phased out (entertainment), but will still be bringing in revenues from the movie for some time.
C) While I'm on the topic of the movie, as you may already know it has been licensced in both North America and Austrailia and I am confident that there are other negotiations in the works for the rest of the World. With that in consideration I am extremely confident that NVEI will indeed recover the monies invested in SIL and make a very tidy profit from it through DVD and merchandise sales.
WOW! Now that is a long post, but I ain't done yet. Just wait until you read my next one!
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
SP, It is not the CEOcast interview as this is a brief yet informative video of Brad in the NVEI office.
Pengy
Good Evening Y'all!
Since I was off today I looked around for more information and guess what, I found some a few minutes ago...
Video of NVEI's CEO Brad Ketch:
http://www.newvisual.com/interviews/
The bottom line is that they are committed to developing the technology and are confident that they will succeed.
Enjoy!
Pengy
GO NVEI!
Sid, LOL yet again!
Actually if you must know most penguins prefer Antartica, but some do live in warmer climates such as Dallas, TX.
Here's the Antarctic link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2003/2003100716019.html
If you like you can do a search for penguins in Dallas on your own.
Pengy
Sid, LOL
Just minutes ago, and with many of my posts in the past, the posts have generally been my thoughts on information that we have publicly gotten from the Company as well as my thoughts on the Company and its divisions as well.
Just the facts,
Pengy
Greetings All. Sorry about my absence from this forum recently, but I have been busy at work and don't have a computer up there as of yet.
After reading the last 25 or so posts I see there are still a few questoins at this time. Fortunately some of the questions asked were answered in the last FAQ from a few Fridays ago.
Financing: As far as we know the Mercatus deal is still a valid possibility, however it has become apparent that there is another deal in the pending (hopefully) stage at this time.
Technology: I would think that as soon as either or both financing deals are completed that would enable NVEI fast track the completion of the FPGA chips so they can get them out to the interested parties.
Movie: I see that the movie is still bringing in some fairly decent numbers for the time that it has been in release, and I would assume that many of the locations where it is presently still in release are more coastal regions. In addition don't forget that they also have the deal signed for Austrailia & New Zealand as that should bring in some significant revenues there as surfing is more popular there than in the US.
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
NEW NVEI RAQ:
http://www.newvisual.com/questions/
Was just surfing the site found this for your reading enjoyment.
Pengy
I was happy to log on today and see that they have licensed the movie in the Southern Hemisphere as that is good news and will only bring in even more money to NVEI.
Pengy
After reading the past 50 posts or so natrually I have a few comments:
1) If you wanted to confront Management with your concerns publicly a great place to have done this would have been the recent Shareholder's Meeting however many that have concerns failed to show. I too have concerns about NVEI however all the questions that I was sent (6), copied off this forum (2) or came up with myself (18) were answered at the Meeting.
2) The great potential for this stock is still there and the main hurdle at this time seems to be financing, and from what we know NVEI has met the criteria for the Mercatus financing to close, and they want it to as well. However the hold-up seems to be on the other side this time as they get things organized hopefully in preparation for the closing of the loan.
3) The movie still seems to be doing well in some markets which will bring further revenues into NVEI and don't forget that the overseas rights to the movie have yet to be inked which should bring in good revenues for the Company as well.
4) While we haven't gotten a status report on the Embarq Technology since the Shareholder's Meeting I'm sure that we will get one as soon as they have it ready and approved which IMO should not be too long from now.
5) Yes, the stock is down a few pennies. Everyone hates to see that including myself however does that really change the potential for this Company? No.
6) The upcoming name change. Yes we all know that it will cost money to do. And waiting for a few of the movie items yet to be announced to be completed first makes sense to me as then they can then have the image of a Semiconductor Company that we all want them to have.
7) Don't forget that there is also the possibility of other financing as it was mentioned at the SHM and in a recent e-mail response that I read from Brad on this board.
8) After all the time and money we have spent invested in this stock it sure looks like they are closer than ever at this time (finally) and have the FPGA offering frozen and in the works. I'm sure that once that is released we will all breathe a sigh of relief and confidence as NVEI will truly be on their way becoming a World Leader in the Semiconductor Sector at that time. (A time which I don't believe to be very far off either).
Just a few thoughts, points, observations, and more,
Pengy
A Technology Briefing for Shareholders
Using Embarq™ in Last-Mile Ethernet Applications
Here at New Visual, we have been accustomed to explaining the use of the Embarq™ family
of transport processors as an extension of the existing copper wireline outside plant. From
that point-of-view, the reason that a customer would buy Embarq™ is that it allows the
customer to get much more mileage out of his physical plant. But there is another way to
look at how Embarq™ is used, and that is from the point of view of the end user – a point
of view that looks back at the network from his desktop, phone or television set.
The Problem
Many of the shareholders who are reading this Technology Briefing are reading it on a PC
that is hooked to the Internet through their business’s local area network (LAN). The LAN
is used to send emails, surf the web, and put files on the servers of the company. LANs use
a set of rules, called protocols, for moving all of this data around. The protocol that
companies use inside their business is usually Ethernet. Ethernet is inexpensive, stable and
so widely deployed that it is available in virtually every server, router, hub, personal
computer and even now, telephone.
The protocol that the telephone companies use is time division multiplexing (TDM). Also
an inexpensive, stable and widely deployed method of moving bits around, TDM is found in
virtually every telephone, modem, CSU/DSU, channel bank, digital loop carrier, fiber
terminal, and switch. But, like a round peg in a square hole, Ethernet-based traffic does not
readily fit in a TDM-based network. Perhaps an even more vivid word picture would be that
period in European history when the trains of one country, with one gauge, could not travel
into another country because it had a different gauge. The inability of the TDM network to
easily handle Ethernet traffic is causing businesses and homes to spend more on data
communications than they would otherwise have to.
Searching for Answers
The worldwide telephone industry thinks that this is an important problem to solve. Almost
all of the telephone company engineers and planners now believe that ultimately the
telephone network will have to learn to speak Ethernet. They believe – and we at Rim
Semiconductor do, too – that a conversion to Ethernet networks is practically inevitable.
There are some powerful market forces that are driving this conversion.
The rise of business data: Years ago, businesses had little reason to share
data in digital form with other businesses. This has, of course, changed
dramatically. This Technology Briefing that you are holding in your hand
is evidence on that.
The rise of home data: Trailing only slightly behind the demand for
business data is the dramatic rise of home data. Anyone with teenagers
who do online gaming will tell you that whatever speed is coming into their
home, it is just not fast enough!
The conversion to IP telephony: Happening right now, telephone
handsets are converting our telephone calls to the Ethernet format – also
known in this case as internet protocol, or IP – and carrying our calls
across the data network. If this trend continues, Ethernet traffic will
grow even faster than it is today.
Video over Ethernet: And this is the Big One. Already underway in Asia,
video over Ethernet will swamp the capabilities of the public data
network. A half hour of TV is the equivalent of a year and a half of
emails.
So, telco engineers have put the problem this way: how can the vendors (like Rim) help
retrofit the TDM network for Ethernet traffic? For a while in the late 90’s, fiber was going
to be the answer. Despite the great promises made by telcos, though, fiber has just not
penetrated close enough to everyone’s desktop or TV to make a difference. Telcos are now
left scratching their heads, wondering just how they are going to help the LAN work with
the wide area network (WAN). They know that within the metropolitan areas of the world’s
large cities, a WAN architecture must exist to help them offer LAN-type services. But how?
“Embarqing” on the Net
Embarq™ will solve this problem. The semiconductor just moves so fast, it can emulate the
LAN, but across long distances. Platform providers (the makers of the digital loop carriers,
switches, routers, CSU/DSU’s, DSLAMs, etc) also have this “need for speed”, and tell us
that with Embarq™, they can take their existing platforms, and speed them up.
What will happen is that an equipment maker whose edge aggregation device serves metroarea
Ethernet will be able to retrofit its line card with Embarq™. When telcos use this
Embarq™-enabled device to serve Ethernet services, businesses will be able to ship their
LAN traffic anywhere in the world in its native protocol. In other words, to the LAN, the
WAN will look just like any other Ethernet network. This is much more efficient and costeffective,
and businesses will certainly be willing to pay for this service.
Metro-area Ethernet services are just now starting to take off. All of the major carriers have
announced that they have or will soon have tariffed service offerings, and many of the
upstart CLEC carriers already offer them. Internationally, Ethernet services are more
common. There is little doubt that the momentum towards this conversion to Ethernet is
slowly building to be something truly revolutionary.
By enabling the shift from TDM to Ethernet networks, Embarq™ stands at the crossroads
at just the right time. We are confident that Embarq™ will offer the right answer for the
world’s “need for speed”!
NVEI Update from the Website:
A Technology Briefing for Shareholdes
http://www.newvisual.com/files/metro_ethernet.pdf
Very interesting read about the Embarq Technology.
dough, On the proxy, (page 10) there is no mention of the date for the name change.
I also checked the President's letter about the proxy and the following was stated: "With your approval of these items, Rim Semiconductor will debut to the world in the fall."
austin, I know they are working on financing however that was not a topic of the recent discussions that I have had with NVEI.
Pengy
A few comments:
It seems that the movie is still doing quite well and producing more and more revenues for NVEI along with the definate possibility of more revenues from SIL related merchandise.
In regards to the name change the date of 9/15 was never set in stone and as we all know there are various costs and expenses associated with such a change as well which is more than letterhead, a website, etc...
As far as the Technology is concerned all seems to be well on that front as well from all reports.
Just a few thoughts & comments,
Pengy
Greetings Y'all!
Just had a few minutes to read a few posts....Oh the joy I had in that...LOL
To date it seems that the movie is still doing pretty good thus bringing revenues to NVEI, and that's a good thing. Hopefully they'll get the Overseas License deal(s) wrapped up in the near future to bring in more revenues to the Company as well.
Other than that I really haven't had much of a chance since my return to check anything else out happening with the Company (financing, Tech, etc..) but hope that things are progressing nicely on those fronts as well, (and it helps that they should have received some movie revenues by now to help with the Tech development as well).
Just thought I'd pop in and say hello and share a few thoughts.
Have a GREAT Weekend!
Pengy
Greetings from Beautiful Portland.
I just got in at the airport hotel as I spent the day exploring and getting hopelessly lost and now I'm tired so won't be saying much as I have an early flight as well.
Overall the meeting went well and was pretty informative. It was very clear that Brad is indeed running the show, but of course I didn't doubt that for a second since he took over. (unlike some of you)
At least we know where the Company is as far as the FPGA, financing, salaries, and more.
The talk that Chen gave was fairly technical in nature and somewhat hard to understand, but I got the bottom line and that is that NVEI's Embarq Chip beats all of the competition period. And that is a very good thing.
The future revenues from the movie look like they will continue to be strong as well.
In a nutshell, I am a very happy camper with my investment in NVEI and had a great time with old and new friends before and after the SHM. Plus I saw SIL again too and it was just as great the second time as it was the first when I saw it, and I do plan on seeing it a third time back in Cinci too.
I'll have more to report sometime late tomorrow evening after I get in and take care of a few things.
Have a GREAT Day!
Jason
Just thought I'd pop in to say hello.
Hello.
Thus far it's been a good time in Portland talking with old friends and hope to see more today as well as some new ones. I think there's some sort of Shareholder Meeting or something going on as well. Oh yeah. That's the reason I flew 1900 miles here....It would have been nice to drive but just not enough time.
I personally think that we will hear some good things at the SHM this year and I think that the meeting will be dominated by Brad's discussion clearly showing that he is at the helm and working on building us one heck of a Semiconductor Company.
Until much later, have a good one!
Pengy
Greetings from Portland!
I must say that after reading about the last 25 or so posts on this board I don't think I could stand to type long enough in all the corrections, etc...LOL
It is nice to see a decent gross on the movie to date. Thanks mayu for the update.
We shall (hopefully) soon (yeah, there's that word again but I just couldn't help myself) find out where the Technology is in the development process and much more information that we have been yearning for some time now.
On a sidenote, I while I was finishing one book "CEO of the Sofa" by PJ O'Rourke, there was one mention where he stated "nobody wrote a movie titled Endless Feburary." I thought that was pretty cool.
Then on my second airport I picked up another book for the longer flight which reminded me of RB. You guessed it, "The Darwin Awards". LOL
Have a good one y'all,
Pengy
zzt, Generally yes as that is the purpose of PR's.
Since you are speculating that one is not complete I will speculate that it is and they are not formally telling us at this time for other strategic reasons.
Just a speculation,
Pengy
rim, The SHM is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm Pacific Time (market close). Several hours later upon the conclusion of the meeting I would think that information from the meeting will begin to be reported. Of course that is only an estimate. If you will recall last year NVEI also made a filing with much of the information from the meeting in that filing.
Pengy
spoke, As it turns out I didn't turn off my computer yet as there was work to be done and once completed I decided to check my PM's for more questions and of course to see if anything interesting was written on the board.
One thing is that we don't know if the FPGA is done at this time, but you seem to be saying that is is fact that it is not complete at this time. Where did you get that information? What is your source? (don't say someone posted it here either).
What I am saying is that yes NVEI did give a computer simulation of Embarq to two Companies for evaluation. Since then it is indeed possible for them to have been working on and have a complete FPGA without formally announcing it at this time. At least in a later paragraph you did say that you were speculating. Finally several paragraphs later.
I have also included your question for the SHM among the others submitted.
Just a few final thoughts,
Pengy
Instead of individual replies to the various questions since the other day, I will respond to them in one post.
#15567 by ShallowPockets1:
SP, Here is a quote from the PR:
“New Visual Corporation (OTCBB:NVEI), an emerging provider of semiconductors to the high-speed data networking industry, will present a paper at next month's 8th International OFDM-Workshop. The paper entitled, "Reducing the Guard Interval Loss via Recursive Singular Value Decomposition" will be presented by Alberto Fernandez, of the University of Cambridge.”
As to who other than Alberto will be there I am not sure at this time however he will be there representing NVEI as his presentation will be about an aspect of NVEI’s Embarq Technology.
#15568 by zzt1234:
ZZT, Here are a few quotes from the PR for you to draw your conclusions from. I have drawn mine based upon what is in the PR and not what has or has not happened in the past.
“Mr. Fernandez developed this paper under the sponsorship of New Visual Corporation, and the resulting mathematical insights are available for incorporating into the developing semiconductor technology that the company is referring to as "Embarq" technology.”
“Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a method of digital signal modulation in which a data signal is split into several narrowband channels at different frequencies. OFDM is similar to conventional frequency-division multiplexing that is currently used in DSL, though there are significant improvements. The difference lies in the way in which the signals are modulated and demodulated. Priority is given to minimizing the interference, or crosstalk, among the channels and symbols comprising the data stream. As a result, data can be sent at greater speeds over longer distances than it could be otherwise. Telephone companies worldwide are interested in applying the benefits of OFDM research to their wireline networks, since they have enjoyed the benefits of OFDM technology in their wireless networks for many years.”
OK. Now we’re getting somewhere. The presentation is about OFDM.
“"We are very pleased to make a contribution through this research to the science of multi-carrier modulation," said Brad Ketch, president and CEO of New Visual Corporation. "OFDM breakthroughs are helping the whole wireline industry move forward, and we are proud to become an important part of this trend. This research lays the groundwork for a new generation of semiconductors that can deliver video, data and voice -- the `triple play' -- across ordinary telephone wires."
Draw your own conclusions, but it seems that you already have.
#15574 by WHP:
WHP, If you like you can reference the above quotes from the PR above in reference to what was stated.
You are correct in that some people in this forum are seeing things that aren’t actually stated in the PR as that seems to generally be the case especially on the message boards.
And thanks for the reminder about Wal-Mart’s frequent roll-back pricing strategy as I was actually unable to make it yesterday, but may go there late tonight as they are open 24 hours.
#15592 by bobide:
Interesting, and we finally got the paper/poster question answered. For the sake of argument as I can read above I didn’t use either term but instead used the term “presentation” which I will continue to use.
One thing that I am sure of is that Alberto is under an NDA as well and thus is not able to tell you of any plans that NVEI has. At least it makes sense to me. It is also not his place to talk to Shareholders, and quite frankly I am surprised that he even responded so your e-mail. In addition I am sure that he knows to be careful in what he may say in any reference to Embarq when he does not know who he is talking to.
#15617 by Voyager546
Voyager,
As usual I will be reporting after the meeting (probably a phone in) and then as time allows a more extensive report at a later time.
#15658 by flipflop
Flip, You seem to have forgotten the first and last rules of “Fight Club”. LOL
#15689 by bobide:
Bobide, Interesting, especially when you put some thought into the following regarding the prototype development process and at which stage they may be in at this time:
“Prototypes at this stage cannot be changed
around to include new ideas, and it would be very poor engineering technique
to do it.”
Very interesting indeed. Of course I do think that his answer was very well thought out and answered very carefully in order for him to protect himself as well.
#15728 by dcs,
Dcs, You are correct that NVEI is negotiating overseas/Worldwide distribution from what I recall Artisan does not have control of those rights, just the North American distribution rights. If they like, (and they do have a Worldwide distribution network in place) they can make an offer for those rights along with other Companies. Using that reasoning that is probably why we do not know any of the specific deals of the Artisan deal.
#15725 by zzt:
zzt, I have noted your questions along with the ones you previously directed me to.
I hope everyone enjoyed reading my responses. Now for me to compile all the questions I have received for the meeting, add my own, print them up and turn off this computer until my return mid next week.
Have a Great Weekend, and PLAY NICE!
Pengy
Get your questions in! Ask early and ask often!
As I previously posted if any of you that will not be in attendence if you have any questions feel free to PM them to me and I will make the best attempt to get the answers for you and post them here as well. I do have some on file already, but the more the better IMO.
Please send by Thursday near Market close as I won't be back online until I arrive in Portland and would like to bring a hard copy of any questions with me.
Thanks,
Pengy
spoke, Yet another fine example.
Pengy
spoke, Thank you for your "partly digested" translation. It makes more sense to me now.
One thing to remember, this is only part of Embarq used in conjunction with whatever else they came up with for greater speeds/distances over the copper wiring. At least that is my translation of your translation in conjunction with previously digested information.
Pengy
halston, Assuming you have read the reviews, seen the average theater sales (thought to be impressive by some), sales to date while being in limited cities with more planned for release, and the addition of theaters up from the original amount of theaters, and possibly seeing SIL yourself, what do you think of the movie now?
Just curious,
Pengy
I guess I do have one more point as I didn't read the last paragraph in the PR very carefully the first time, (shame on me), but did find it very interesting indeed:
"We are very pleased to make a contribution through this research to the science of multi-carrier modulation," said Brad Ketch, president and CEO of New Visual Corporation. "OFDM breakthroughs are helping the whole wireline industry move forward, and we are proud to become an important part of this trend. This research lays the groundwork for a new generation of semiconductors that can deliver video, data and voice -- the `triple play' -- across ordinary telephone wires."
Pengy