EDN - December 1, 1999

"You've got mail." If America Online Inc. , Dulles, VA, has its way, consumers will soon hear its well-known tagline not only from their PCs, but also from their phones, their organizers, their TVs and-who knows-maybe even from their ovens.

• BUSINESS_TRENDS
• Mining cast-off PCs
• One-for-all, all-in-one
• Network processor market to skyrocket in 2000
• Sony teams with ResearchTV to bring HDTV to Internet2
• So, heres why you want to work here
• RISCy business

• COVER_STORY
• COVER STORY
• CEO of the Year
• KOICHI NISHIMURA
• How we select the CEO of the Year

• DEPARTMENTS
• Advertisers Index
• ADVERTISER INDEX
• Book Review
• A how-to guide to being a ruthless CEO
• All practical advice, no flow charts
• Commentary
• Can you manufacture customers?
• Transitioning to manufacturing partnerships
• Company Index
• Companies in this Issue
• Editor's Note
• The traits of a true leader
• End Note
• CEO celebrities
• IC Patterns
• IA-64 approaches reality

• ECONOMIC_OUTLOOK
• Analysis
• Y2K: A good year for U.S., World
• Economic Watch
• Business Barometer
• Y2K, earthquakes and happy holidays
• Finance
• Sector forecasts for 2000
• FASB tries to eliminate pooling of interest
• Semiconductor Update
• Semiconductor segment sales
• Chip makers predict robust growth through 2001

• FEATURES
• Chip Market Outlook
• Not your father's industry
• Testing the waters for the free IC
• Industry Leaders
• Pillars of High Tech towering over the industry
• Markets
• Analog Renaissance
• Analog talent shortage